Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3515
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Khurumjari
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Nongale haugatl
Please
Daya maltadu
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
Saobiganu
Bye
Barpe
Chatcharage
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Loi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Pangal
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
2.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Tulu
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
-
Meithei
German Name
Tulu
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Meithei people
Origin
14
1700
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
mni
ISO 639 2/B
tul
mni
ISO 639 3
tcy
mni
ISO 639 6
tcy
mni
Glottocode
tulu1258
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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