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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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