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Tulu and Akan


Akan and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Ghana  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
16  
6

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
maadwo  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
maaha  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
maakye  

Please
Daya maltadu  
wae  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Kafra  

Bye
Barpe  
bye  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Jain  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
akan  

German Name
Not Available  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Akan people  

History

Origin
14  
15  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Akan  

Language Position
Not Available  
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
aka  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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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All Tulu and Akan 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 Akan dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tulu and Akan Speaking population

Tulu and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Tulu vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Akan Language Codes

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

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