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Tulu and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
16   
13

How Many Consonants
23   
13
35   
25

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
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   

History

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
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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