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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

India

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Kannada Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

51
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

16
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

35
Rank: 25 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Kannada Script

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Namaskara

3.2 Thank You

Mast Upakara.

3.3 How Are You?

Yencha Ullar?

3.4 Good Night

yedde rathre

3.5 Good Evening

yedde baiyya

3.6 Good Afternoon

yedde madhyana

3.7 Good Morning

yedde kaande

3.8 Please

Daya maltadu

3.9 Sorry

Yenna thapu aandu

3.10 Bye

Barpe

3.11 I Love You

Yank ninade preeti Malpuye

3.12 Excuse Me

Kshamisi

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Brahmin tulu

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Jain

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Girijan

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

1.70 million
Rank: 83 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

1.70 million
Rank: 78 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Tulu

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa

5.3.4 French Name

Not Available

5.3.5 German Name

Not Available

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Tuluva

6 History

6.1 Origin

14

6.2 Language Family

Dravidian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Tulu

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No data available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

Not Available

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

Not Available

7.3 ISO 639 3

tcy

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

tulu1258

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Tulu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Tulu language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Tulu language states that it was put to use in 14. The history of Tulu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Tulu Language History. Tulu has no early forms. Tulu is the standard form of Tulu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Tulu Language.

Tulu population

Tulu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Tulu language. Tulu language is spoken by 1.70 million people in the world. Most of the Tulu population lies in the Tulu Speaking Countries. Tulu language is spoken as first language by 1.70 million people and no total count of people speaking Tulu as second language. Get to know Tulu speaking population in detail.

Tulu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Tulu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Tulu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Kannada Script script is used by Tulu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Tulu language

Check out all the information about Tulu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Tulu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Tulu Speaking Countries, Tulu speaking continents and Tulu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Tulu countries knowing common Tulu Greetings will help you in communicating with Tulu people.