Tulu and Somali
Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Daya maltadu
Fadlan
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
sorry
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Gabon, Standard Somali
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Girijan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Standard Somali
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
Not Available
somali
German Name
Not Available
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Somali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
som
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
som
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Tulu and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tulu and Somali Speaking population
Tulu and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Tulu vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Somali Language Codes
Tulu and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.