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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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