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Tulu and Xhosa


Xhosa and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
35   
25
43   
32

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Molo   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Unjani   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
Molo   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Barpe   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Tulu   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
Not Available   
xhosa   

German Name
Not Available   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
14   
16th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
xho   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Tulu and Xhosa Speaking population

Tulu and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Tulu vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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