Swahili and Tulu
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Thank You
Asante
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
yedde kaande
Please
tafadhali
Daya maltadu
Sorry
pole
Yenna thapu aandu
I Love You
nakupenda
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Samahani
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Tamil Nadu
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Tamil Nadu
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
Not Available
Tulu
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
swahili
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German Name
Swahili
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Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Tuluva
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Tulu
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
swa
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
swa
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
swah1254
tulu1258
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Tulu Speaking population
Swahili and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Swahili and Tulu on Swahili vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Tulu Language Codes
Swahili and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.