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Tulu and Cebuano


Cebuano and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
16   
6

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Tulu   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
Not Available   
cebuano   

German Name
Not Available   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
14   
16th century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
Not Available   
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Tulu and Cebuano Speaking population

Tulu and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Tulu vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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