Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
India
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.