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Afrikaans and Tulu


Tulu and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
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Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
16  
13

How Many Consonants
17  
7
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Dankie  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
goeie more  
yedde kaande  

Please
asseblief  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
jammer  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Totsiens  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Jain  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
afrikaans  
-  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Tulu  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
tul  

ISO 639 3
afr  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
tcy  

Glottocode
afri1274  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Tulu Speaking population

Afrikaans and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. 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 Afrikaans and Tulu on Afrikaans vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Tulu Language Codes

Afrikaans and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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