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Tulu and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
35  
25

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Namaskara  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
yedde kaande  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Barpe  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Jain  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
chinois  
-  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Tulu  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
tul  

ISO 639 3
zho  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
zho  
tcy  

Glottocode
sini1245  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Chinese and Tulu Speaking population

Chinese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Tulu on Chinese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Tulu Language Codes

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

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