Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2751
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Namaskara
Thank You
matur nuwun
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
yedde kaande
Please
tolong
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Pamit
Barpe
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Kangean
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
110,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Jain
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Girijan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
Tulu
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
madourais
-
German Name
Maduresisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Tuluva
Origin
8th Century AD
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Tulu
Language Position
6923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
mad
tul
ISO 639 3
mad
tcy
ISO 639 6
-
tcy
Glottocode
madu1247
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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