Countries
India
  
India
  
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 in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.