Countries
India
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5134
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3526
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Namaskara
Salam
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
chone tao?
Good Night
yedde rathre
jawáin shap
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
yedde kaande
jawáin sawáh
Please
Daya maltadu
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Barpe
bye
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Jain
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
2.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Baluchi
French Name
-
baloutchi
German Name
Tulu
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
14
19th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Balochi
Language Position
2339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
bal
ISO 639 2/B
tul
bal
ISO 639 3
tcy
bal
ISO 639 6
tcy
bal
Glottocode
tulu1258
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-