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Language Comparison: Tetum vs Tulu
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| Aspect | Tetum | Tulu |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Dravidian |
Speakers | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 2-3 million |
Features | An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay | A Dravidian language spoken mainly in the coastal region of Karnataka and parts of Kerala, known for its rich oral tradition, unique phonetics, and extensive verbal conjugations |
Countries | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. | India (primarily in Karnataka and Kerala) |
Writing System | Latin script | Kannada script; occasionally written in the Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on word order and prepositions | Yes, with eight grammatical cases, including nominative, accusative, and dative |
Derived From | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence | Proto-Dravidian, with historical links to Old Kannada |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic | From Kannada, Sanskrit, and occasionally from English due to modern influence |
Dialects | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) | Includes various regional variations such as Common Tulu, Brahmin Tulu, and Jain Tulu, each with slight phonetic and lexical differences |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | ಅ, ಆ, ಇ, ಈ, ಉ, ಊ, ಎ, ಏ, ಐ, ಒ, ಓ, ಔ, ಕ, ಖ, ಗ, ಘ, ಙ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ, ಞ, ಟ, ಠ, ಡ, ಢ, ಣ, ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ, ನ, ಪ, ಫ, ಬ, ಭ, ಮ, ಯ, ರ, ಲ, ವ, ಶ, ಷ, ಸ, ಹ, ಳ, ಕ್ಷ, ಜ್ಞ |
Family
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Tulu
Dravidian
Speakers
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Tulu
Approximately 2-3 million
Features
Tetum
An Austronesian language with significant Portuguese influence, serving as one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste; simple grammar and shared vocabulary with Indonesian/Malay
Tulu
A Dravidian language spoken mainly in the coastal region of Karnataka and parts of Kerala, known for its rich oral tradition, unique phonetics, and extensive verbal conjugations
Countries
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Tulu
India (primarily in Karnataka and Kerala)
Writing System
Tetum
Latin script
Tulu
Kannada script; occasionally written in the Latin script
Tonal
Tetum
No
Tulu
No
Grammatical Cases
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Tulu
Yes, with eight grammatical cases, including nominative, accusative, and dative
Derived From
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Tulu
Proto-Dravidian, with historical links to Old Kannada
Loanwords
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Tulu
From Kannada, Sanskrit, and occasionally from English due to modern influence
Dialects
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Tulu
Includes various regional variations such as Common Tulu, Brahmin Tulu, and Jain Tulu, each with slight phonetic and lexical differences
Alphabets
Tetum
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Tulu
ಅ, ಆ, ಇ, ಈ, ಉ, ಊ, ಎ, ಏ, ಐ, ಒ, ಓ, ಔ, ಕ, ಖ, ಗ, ಘ, ಙ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ, ಞ, ಟ, ಠ, ಡ, ಢ, ಣ, ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ, ನ, ಪ, ಫ, ಬ, ಭ, ಮ, ಯ, ರ, ಲ, ವ, ಶ, ಷ, ಸ, ಹ, ಳ, ಕ್ಷ, ಜ್ಞ
Language Facts:
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