Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
India
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2435
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Namaskara
Thank You
terima kasih
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
yedde kaande
Please
sila
Daya maltadu
Sorry
maaf
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Barpe
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Jain
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Tulu
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
malais
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German Name
Malaiisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Tuluva
Origin
c. 683 AD
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Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Tulu
Language Position
5423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
may
tul
ISO 639 3
zsm
tcy
ISO 639 6
may
tcy
Glottocode
stan1306
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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