Countries
India
  
South Africa
  
National Language
India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
Molo
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Tulu
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
Not Available
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
14
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
isiXhosa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tulu and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Xhosa language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Tulu vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.