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Tulu
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Countries

Countries

India
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Kannada Language
Malayalam

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

51247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3518
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Tamil

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Namaskara
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

Mast Upakara.
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

Yencha Ullar?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

yedde rathre
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

yedde baiyya
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

yedde madhyana
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

yedde kaande
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

Daya maltadu
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

Yenna thapu aandu
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

Barpe
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

Kshamisi
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brahmin tulu
Kongu

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Kongu

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jain
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Girijan
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

2.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

410
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Tulu
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

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tamoul

German Name

Tulu
Tamil

Pronunciation

[ˈtulu]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Tuluva
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

14
300 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Tulu
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2318
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Tulu
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tcy
tam

ISO 639 2/B

tul
tam

ISO 639 3

tcy
tam

ISO 639 6

tcy
tam

Glottocode

tulu1258
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

No data available
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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-

Tulu and Tamil Alphabets

Tulu and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Tulu and Tamil. In Tulu Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Tulu and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Tulu and Tamil languages. The Tulu phonology consist Tulu vowels and Tulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Tulu greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Tulu and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Tulu and Tamil Speaking population

Tulu and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Tulu vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Tamil Language Codes

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