Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Hello
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Daya maltadu
Fadlan
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
sorry
Bye
Barpe
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Jain
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
2.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
-
somali
German Name
Tulu
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Somalis
Origin
14
19th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Somali
Language Position
2383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
som
ISO 639 2/B
tul
som
ISO 639 3
tcy
som
ISO 639 6
tcy
som
Glottocode
tulu1258
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-