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Swahili and Tulu


Tulu and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Namaskara  

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  

Bye
bye  
Barpe  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kiswahili  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
swahili  
-  

German Name
Swahili  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
6th century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Tulu  

Language Position
21  
19
23  
21

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
tul  

ISO 639 3
swa  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
swa  
tcy  

Glottocode
swah1254  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

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.

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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 0.42 % 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 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.

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