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Tulu and Cebuano


Cebuano and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
16  
6

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Hoy  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Palihug  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Barpe  
Babay  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Bohol  

Dialect 2
Jain  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
southern Leyte  

Dialect 3
Girijan  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
northern part of Leyte  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
Tulu  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
Not Available  
cebuano  

German Name
Not Available  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
14  
16th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
Not Available  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Tulu and Cebuano Speaking population

Tulu and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Tulu vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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