Cantonese and Tulu
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
你好吗？
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
晚安
yedde rathre
Good Evening
晚上好
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
下午好
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
早上好
yedde kaande
Sorry
遗憾
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
我爱你
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Girijan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Tulu
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
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German Name
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Tuluva
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Tulu
Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
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ISO 639 2/B
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ISO 639 3
No data available
tcy
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cant1236
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Tulu Speaking population
Cantonese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Tulu on Cantonese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Tulu Language Codes
Cantonese and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.