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Tulu and Xhosa


Xhosa and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
43  
32

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Molo  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Unjani  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Molo  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Barpe  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Jain  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Tulu  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
Not Available  
xhosa  

German Name
Not Available  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
14  
16th 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  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
xho  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Tulu and Xhosa Speaking population

Tulu and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Tulu vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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