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Xhosa vs Tulu


Tulu vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
43  
32
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Xhosa and Tulu Language History

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

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Xhosa and Tulu 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 Xhosa and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Tulu language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Tulu Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Tulu 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 Xhosa and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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