Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3541
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Daya maltadu
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Barpe
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Mappila
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
2.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
-
malayalam
German Name
Tulu
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Malayali
Origin
14
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Tulu
Malayalam
Language Position
2329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
mal
ISO 639 2/B
tul
mal
ISO 639 3
tcy
mal
ISO 639 6
tcy
mal
Glottocode
tulu1258
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic