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Language Comparison: Tulu vs Tetum
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| Aspect | Tulu | Tetum |
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Family | Dravidian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2-3 million | Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers) |
Features | 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 | 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 |
Countries | India (primarily in Karnataka and Kerala) | Timor-Leste and Indonesia. |
Writing System | Kannada script; occasionally written in the Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, with eight grammatical cases, including nominative, accusative, and dative | No, relies on word order and prepositions |
Derived From | Proto-Dravidian, with historical links to Old Kannada | Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence |
Loanwords | From Kannada, Sanskrit, and occasionally from English due to modern influence | From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic |
Dialects | Includes various regional variations such as Common Tulu, Brahmin Tulu, and Jain Tulu, each with slight phonetic and lexical differences | Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety) |
Alphabets | 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 | 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 |
Family
Tulu
Dravidian
Tetum
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Tulu
Approximately 2-3 million
Tetum
Around 800,000 speakers (including second-language speakers)
Features
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
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
Countries
Tulu
India (primarily in Karnataka and Kerala)
Tetum
Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
Writing System
Tulu
Kannada script; occasionally written in the Latin script
Tetum
Latin script
Tonal
Tulu
No
Tetum
No
Grammatical Cases
Tulu
Yes, with eight grammatical cases, including nominative, accusative, and dative
Tetum
No, relies on word order and prepositions
Derived From
Tulu
Proto-Dravidian, with historical links to Old Kannada
Tetum
Proto-Austronesian, with heavy Portuguese lexical influence
Loanwords
Tulu
From Kannada, Sanskrit, and occasionally from English due to modern influence
Tetum
From Portuguese, Malay/Indonesian, and Arabic
Dialects
Tulu
Includes various regional variations such as Common Tulu, Brahmin Tulu, and Jain Tulu, each with slight phonetic and lexical differences
Tetum
Includes Tetun Dili (urban variety with heavy Portuguese influence) and Tetun Terik (more traditional and rural variety)
Alphabets
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
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
Language Facts:
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