Countries
India
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3516
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Hoy
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Salamat
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Maayong Buntag
Please
Daya maltadu
Palihug
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Barpe
Babay
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Boholano
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
North Kana
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
2.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
Visayan
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
-
cebuano
German Name
Tulu
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Cebuano people
Origin
14
16th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
2362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
tul
ceb
ISO 639 3
tcy
ceb
ISO 639 6
tcy
ceb
Glottocode
tulu1258
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-