Countries
India
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
India
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3524
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Hai
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
terima kasih
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Selamat pagi
Please
Daya maltadu
sila
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
maaf
Bye
Barpe
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Pekal
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Musi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
-
malais
German Name
Tulu
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Malaysian people
Origin
14
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Tulu
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2354
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
msa
ISO 639 2/B
tul
may
ISO 639 3
tcy
zsm
ISO 639 6
tcy
may
Glottocode
tulu1258
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative