Countries
India
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Kannada Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5125
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3518
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Kamusta
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Salamat po
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Magandang umaga po
Please
Daya maltadu
pakiusap
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Barpe
Paálam
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Filipino
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Philippines
How Many People Speak
2.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
-
tagalog
German Name
Tulu
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Tagalog people
Origin
14
1593
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Tulu
Filipino
Language Position
2358
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
tul
tgl
ISO 639 3
tcy
tg1
ISO 639 6
tcy
tgl
Glottocode
tulu1258
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-