Countries
India
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.