Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
xhosa
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
16th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Xhosa and Tulu Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Tulu Speaking population
Xhosa and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Tulu on Xhosa vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Tulu Language Codes
Xhosa and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.