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Shona vs Tulu


Tulu vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
46   
34
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
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   

History

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
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Shona and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Tulu language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Shona and Tulu Language History.

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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.

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