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Urdu and Tulu


Tulu and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
India  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
40  
29
35  
25

Scripts
Arabic  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Namaskara  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
yedde kaande  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
الوداع  
Barpe  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
India  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Jain  

Where They Speak
India  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
ourdou  
-  

German Name
Urdu  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Tulu  

Language Position
20  
18
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
tul  

ISO 639 3
urd  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
urd  
tcy  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Urdu and Tulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Tulu Speaking population

Urdu and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Tulu on Urdu vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Tulu Language Codes

Urdu and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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