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Tulu and Swahili


Swahili and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
India   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Kannada Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
51   
30
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
21   
11

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Habari   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Asante   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Daya maltadu   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
pole   

Bye
Barpe   
bye   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Tulu   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
Not Available   
swahili   

German Name
Not Available   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
14   
6th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Tulu and Swahili Speaking population

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Tulu and Swahili Language Codes

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