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Tulu and Igbo


Igbo and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

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  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
-  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
28  
18

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
kedụ  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Biko  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
Ndo  

Bye
Barpe  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Jain  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
Tulu  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Ibo  

French Name
-  
igbo  

German Name
Tulu  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
14  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
23  
21
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
ibo  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Tulu and Igbo Speaking population

Tulu and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Tulu vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Igbo Language Codes

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

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