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Tulu and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
18  
15

How Many Consonants
35  
25
36  
26

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
Daya maltadu  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Barpe  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Jain  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
-  
singhalais  

German Name
Tulu  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
14  
3  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
23  
21
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
sin  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
sin  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
sin  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Tulu and Sinhalese Speaking population

Tulu and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Tulu vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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