Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
chinois
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese and Tulu Speaking population
Chinese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Chinese and Tulu on Chinese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Tulu Language Codes
Chinese and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.