Countries
India
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Halo
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
piye kabare?
Good Night
yedde rathre
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Sugeng énjing
Please
Daya maltadu
tolong
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Barpe
Pamit
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Kangean
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Bawean
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.23 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
Madurese
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
-
madourais
German Name
Tulu
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Madurese
Origin
14
8th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Madurese
Language Position
2369
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
mad
ISO 639 2/B
tul
mad
ISO 639 3
tcy
mad
ISO 639 6
tcy
-
Glottocode
tulu1258
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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