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Shona vs Tulu


Tulu vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
  • 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
46  
34
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Manheru  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
yedde kaande  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
bye  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Jain  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
chiShona  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
shona  
-  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
20th century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Tulu  

Language Position
107  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
tul  

ISO 639 3
sna  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
sna  
tcy  

Glottocode
core1255  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Shona and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Tulu language. History of Shona 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 Shona and Tulu Language History.

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Shona 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 Shona and Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Tulu language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Tulu Difficulty

The Shona vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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