Countries
India
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.