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Tulu and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
15   
12

How Many Consonants
35   
25
17   
7

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
hallo   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
goeie more   

Please
Daya maltadu   
asseblief   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
jammer   

Bye
Barpe   
Not Available   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Tulu   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
Not Available   
afrikaans   

German Name
Not Available   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
14   
17th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Tulu and Afrikaans Speaking population

Tulu and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Tulu and Afrikaans on Tulu vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Afrikaans Language Codes

Tulu and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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