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Tulu vs Swahili


Swahili vs Tulu


Countries

Countries
India  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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
-  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Kannada Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
21  
11

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara  
Habari  

Thank You
Mast Upakara.  
Asante  

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
yedde rathre  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
yedde baiyya  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
yedde kaande  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Daya maltadu  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu  
pole  

Bye
Barpe  
bye  

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Kshamisi  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Jain  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Girijan  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
2.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Tulu  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
-  
swahili  

German Name
Tulu  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Tuluva  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
14  
6th 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  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
21
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Tulu  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tcy  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
tul  
swa  

ISO 639 3
tcy  
swa  

ISO 639 6
tcy  
swa  

Glottocode
tulu1258  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tulu and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Swahili language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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Tulu and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Swahili language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tulu vs Swahili Difficulty

The Tulu vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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