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Tulu vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
51  
30
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
43  
32

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Tulu and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Xhosa language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa Language History.

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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.

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