Countries
India
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
pepani
  
Bye
Barpe
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Tulu
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
Not Available
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
14
  
15th 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
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tulu and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Chewa language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Chewa Difficulty
The Tulu vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.