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Tulu vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
35  
25
41  
30

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Barpe  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Tulu  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
-  
pendjabi  

German Name
Tulu  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
14  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
pan  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
pan  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
panj  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Tulu and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Punjabi language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Punjabi Language History.

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Tulu and Punjabi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Punjabi language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Tulu vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Punjabi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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