Afrikaans and Tulu
Countries
South Africa
India
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Jain
Where They Speak
Not Available
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Girijan
Where They Speak
Namibia
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Tulu
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
afrikaans
Not Available
German Name
Afrikaans
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Tuluva
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Tulu
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
afr
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
afr
Not Available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
tulu1258
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
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.
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 Not Available 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 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.