Countries
India
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Kannada Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
binu
  
Bye
Barpe
  
bye
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Tulu
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
Not Available
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
14
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Tulu
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Tulu and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Yoruba language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Tulu vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.