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Yoruba vs Tulu


Tulu vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
16   
13

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Namaskara   

Thank You
e dupe   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
yedde kaande   

Please
Jowo   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
binu   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
bye   
Barpe   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
1.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
yoruba   
Not Available   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
4 BC   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Tulu   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
yor   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Yoruba and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Tulu language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Tulu Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Tulu Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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