1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Kannada Language
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1.7.4 How Many Consonants
1.8 Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
1.9 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
1.10 Hard to Learn
1.10.1 Language Levels
1.10.2 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
Mast Upakara.
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
2.3 How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
2.4 Good Night
yedde rathre
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
2.5 Good Evening
yedde baiyya
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
2.6 Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
2.7 Good Morning
yedde kaande
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
2.8 Please
Daya maltadu
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
2.9 Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
2.10 Bye
2.11 I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
2.12 Excuse Me
Kshamisi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Maharashtrian Konkani
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
3.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
1.70 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
1.70 million68.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
4.5 Ethnicity
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available