Countries
India
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
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Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Tamil
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
Daya maltadu
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Waddar
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
Dialect 3
Girijan
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Native Name
Tulu
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
German Name
Tulu
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Telugu people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Tulu
Telugu
Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
Glottocode
tulu1258
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Tulu and Telugu 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 Telugu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Telugu language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Telugu word for "Thank You" is ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Telugu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Telugu Difficulty
The Tulu vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Telugu 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 Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.