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Santali vs Tulu


Tulu vs 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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Santali and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Tulu language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Santali and Tulu Language History.

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Santali and Tulu Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Santali and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Tulu language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Tulu Difficulty

The Santali vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Tulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Santali and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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