Countries
India
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India
  
Ghana
  
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
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
maakye
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
wae
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Barpe
  
bye
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
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French Name
Not Available
  
akan
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Akan people
  
Origin
14
  
15
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
tulu1258
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Tulu and Akan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Akan language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Akan Difficulty
The Tulu vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.