Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, 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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Barpe
  
bye
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
Not Available
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
14
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Balochi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tulu and Balochi Speaking population
Tulu and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Tulu vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Balochi Language Codes
Tulu and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.