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Tulu vs Chewa


Chewa vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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  
Zambia  

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Kannada Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
18  
8

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Moni  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Daya maltadu  
Chonde  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
pepani  

Bye
Barpe  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Jain  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Tulu  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
-  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Tulu  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
14  
15th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Tulu  
Chewa  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
nya  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
nya  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
nya  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tulu and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Chewa language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Tulu and Chewa Language History.

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Tulu and Chewa Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Tulu and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Chewa language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Chewa Difficulty

The Tulu vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Chewa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Tulu and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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