Tulu and Cantonese
Countries
India
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
谢谢
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
你好吗？
Good Night
yedde rathre
晚安
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
晚上好
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
下午好
Good Morning
yedde kaande
早上好
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
遗憾
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
我爱你
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Girijan
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
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German Name
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Tuluva
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Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 2/T
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ISO 639 2/B
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ISO 639 3
tcy
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
tulu1258
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Tulu and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Tulu and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tulu are spoken in different Tulu Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tulu vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu, Jain. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Tulu and Cantonese Speaking population
Tulu and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Tulu vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Tulu and Cantonese Language Codes
Tulu and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tulu and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.