Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Daya maltadu
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Israel, kerala
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
India
Dialect 3
Girijan
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
Not Available
malayalam
German Name
Not Available
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Malayali
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Tulu
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mal
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
mal
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
tulu1258
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Tulu and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Malayalam language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Tulu vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.