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Santali and Tulu


Tulu and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
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
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia 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
Munda Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
35  
25

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
yedde kaande  

Please
দয়া করে  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Hariau  
Barpe  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
India  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Jain  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
santal  
-  

German Name
Santali  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
20th century  
14  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Tulu  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
tul  

ISO 639 3
sat  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
sat  
tcy  

Glottocode
sant1410  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Santali and Tulu Speaking population

Santali and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % 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 Santali and Tulu on Santali vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Tulu Language Codes

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

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