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Tulu and Chewa


Chewa and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

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   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
18   
8

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Moni   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Chonde   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
pepani   

Bye
Barpe   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Tulu   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
Not Available   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Not Available   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
14   
15th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Chewa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
nya   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

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

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Tulu and Chewa Speaking population

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

Tulu and Chewa Language Codes

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

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