Countries
India
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
India
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Tulu
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
Not Available
  
malgache
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
14
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
tulu1258
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Tulu and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Malagasy language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Tulu vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.