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Tulu Language



Countries

Countries
India

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
India

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By
-

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.

Similar To
Kannada Language

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
51 30

Phonology

How Many Vowels
16 13

How Many Consonants
35 25

Scripts
Kannada Script

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
5 4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara

Thank You
Mast Upakara.

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?

Good Night
yedde rathre

Good Evening
yedde baiyya

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana

Good Morning
yedde kaande

Please
Daya maltadu

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu

Bye
Barpe

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye

Excuse Me
Kshamisi

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00 55

Dialect 2
Jain

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00 56

Dialect 3
Girijan

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak
2.00 87

Total No. Of Dialects
4 4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million 83

Speaking Population
0.01 % 62

Native Speakers
1.70 million 78

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million 57

Native Name
Tulu

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

French Name
-

German Name
Tulu

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]

Ethnicity
Tuluva

History

Origin
14

Language Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Tulu

Language Position
23 21

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
tcy

ISO 639 2/B
tul

ISO 639 3
tcy

ISO 639 6
tcy

Glottocode
tulu1258

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Tulu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Tulu language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Tulu language states that it was put to use in 14. The history of Tulu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Tulu Language History. Tulu has no early forms. Tulu is the standard form of Tulu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Tulu Language.

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Tulu population

Tulu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Tulu language. Tulu language is spoken by 1.70 million people in the world. Most of the Tulu population lies in the Tulu Speaking Countries. Tulu language is spoken as first language by 1.70 million people and as second language by about 2.00 million people. Get to know Tulu speaking population in detail.

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Tulu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Tulu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Tulu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Kannada Script script is used by Tulu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Tulu language

Check out all the information about Tulu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Tulu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Tulu Speaking Countries, Tulu speaking continents and Tulu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Tulu countries knowing common Tulu Greetings will help you in communicating with Tulu people.

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