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Tulu and Yoruba


Yoruba and Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba 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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
17  
7

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
e kaaro  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Jowo  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
binu  

Bye
Barpe  
bye  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jain  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Tulu  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
-  
yoruba  

German Name
Tulu  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
14  
4 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
23  
21
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
yor  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
yor  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
yor  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Tulu and Yoruba Speaking population

Tulu and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tulu and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Tulu and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Tulu vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tulu and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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