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Xhosa and Tulu


Tulu and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
India  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
43  
32
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
Molo  
yedde kaande  

Please
Ndicela  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Jain  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
xhosa  
-  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
16th Century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Tulu  

Language Position
21  
19
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
tul  

ISO 639 3
xho  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
xho  
tcy  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Xhosa and Tulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Xhosa and Tulu Speaking population

Xhosa and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Tulu on Xhosa vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Tulu Language Codes

Xhosa and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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