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Tulu and Malayalam


Malayalam and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
51   
30
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
15   
12

How Many Consonants
35   
25
41   
30

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Bye
Barpe   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
India   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

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   

History

Origin
14   
9th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mal   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
mala1464   

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   
Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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