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Tulu and Chinese


Chinese and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
24  
19

How Many Consonants
35  
25
23  
13

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Barpe  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Jain  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Tulu  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
-  
chinois  

German Name
Tulu  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Han  

History

Origin
14  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
chi  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
zho  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
zho  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Tulu and Chinese Speaking population

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

Tulu and Chinese Language Codes

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

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