Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Tulu
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
Not Available
  
maithili
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Maithil
  
Origin
14
  
14th 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
  
Standard Maithili
  
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
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Tulu and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tulu and Maithili Speaking population
Tulu and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Tulu vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Maithili Language Codes
Tulu and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.