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Tulu and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
15  
12

How Many Consonants
35  
25
17  
7

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
hallo  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
goeie more  

Please
Daya maltadu  
asseblief  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
jammer  

Bye
Barpe  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Jain  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
Tulu  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
-  
afrikaans  

German Name
Tulu  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
14  
17th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
afr  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
afr  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
afrs  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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

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Tulu and Afrikaans Speaking population

Tulu and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Tulu and Afrikaans on Tulu vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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