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Tulu vs Santali


Santali vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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   
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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
35   
25
21   
11

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Not Available   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Not Available   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Not Available   

Bye
Barpe   
Not Available   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
India   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Tulu   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
Not Available   
santal   

German Name
Not Available   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
14   
20th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Santali   

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   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sat   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Tulu and Santali Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Santali language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Santali Language History.

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

Tulu vs Santali Difficulty

The Tulu vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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