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Tulu
Tulu

Kannada
Kannada



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Countries

Countries

India
India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

India
Karnataka, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

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.
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.

Similar To

Kannada Language
Telugu

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5149
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1614
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3535
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Kannada Script

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Namaskara
ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

Mast Upakara.
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

Yencha Ullar?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

yedde rathre
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

yedde baiyya
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

yedde madhyana
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

yedde kaande
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

Daya maltadu
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

Yenna thapu aandu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

Barpe
ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

Kshamisi
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brahmin tulu
Badaga

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jain
Urali

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
kerala

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.006,440.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Girijan
Kurumba

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

2.00220,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

420
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Tulu
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

Alternative Names

Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

-
kannada

German Name

Tulu
Kannada

Pronunciation

[ˈtulu]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Tuluva
Kannadiga

History

Origin

14
c. 450

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Tulu
Modern Kannada

Language Position

2331
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tulu
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
kn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tcy
kan

ISO 639 2/B

tul
kan

ISO 639 3

tcy
kan

ISO 639 6

tcy
kan

Glottocode

tulu1258
nucl1305

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Tulu and Kannada Alphabets

Tulu and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tulu and Kannada. In Tulu Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Tulu and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tulu and Kannada languages. The Tulu phonology consist Tulu vowels and Tulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tulu greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tulu and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tulu and Kannada Speaking population

Tulu and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Tulu vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Kannada Language Codes

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