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Tulu vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
16   
6

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Hoy   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Palihug   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
Barpe   
Babay   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Tulu   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
Not Available   
cebuano   

German Name
Not Available   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
14   
16th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
Not Available   
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Tulu and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Cebuano language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Cebuano Language History.

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Tulu and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Cebuano language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Tulu vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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