Countries
India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5131
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3518
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Namaskara
Moni
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Zikomo
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Masana abwino
Good Morning
yedde kaande
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Daya maltadu
Chonde
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
pepani
Bye
Barpe
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Jain
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
-
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Tulu
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Chewa people
Origin
14
15th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Chewa
Language Position
2327
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
nya
ISO 639 2/B
tul
nya
ISO 639 3
tcy
nya
ISO 639 6
tcy
nya
Glottocode
tulu1258
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-