Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Daya maltadu
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
India
Dialect 3
Girijan
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
Not Available
malayalam
German Name
Not Available
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Malayali
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Tulu
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mal
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
mal
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Tulu and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tulu and Malayalam Speaking population
Tulu and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Tulu vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Malayalam Language Codes
Tulu and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.