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
-
Sanskrit Language
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
-
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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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)
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?
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
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
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
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-