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Tulu and Marathi


Marathi and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.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   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
Daya maltadu   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Barpe   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Jain   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
Tulu   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
Not Available   
marathe   

German Name
Not Available   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
14   
10th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mar   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

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

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Tulu and Marathi Speaking population

Tulu and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Tulu vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Marathi Language Codes

Tulu and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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