Countries
India
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.