Countries
India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Botswana, Mozambique, 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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3546
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
Mhoro
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
yedde rathre
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
Manheru
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
Masikati
Good Morning
yedde kaande
Mangwanani
Please
Daya maltadu
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
Ndineurombo
Bye
Barpe
bye
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Karanga
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Girijan
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
2.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
chiShona
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
-
shona
German Name
Tulu
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Shona people
Origin
14
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Tulu
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
sna
ISO 639 2/B
tul
sna
ISO 639 3
tcy
sna
ISO 639 6
tcy
sna
Glottocode
tulu1258
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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