Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
bye
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
shona
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
20th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Tulu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Shona and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Tulu language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Tulu Difficulty
The Shona vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Tulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Shona and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.