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Tulu and Konkani


Konkani and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
16  
13

How Many Consonants
35  
25
36  
26

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Not Available  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Chike  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Maf kor  

Bye
Barpe  
Adeus  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Jain  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
Not Available  
konkani  

German Name
Not Available  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
14  
1209 A.D.  

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  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
kok  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Tulu and Konkani Speaking population

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

Tulu and Konkani Language Codes

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