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
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.