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Yoruba vs Tulu


Tulu vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
17  
7
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Namaskara  

Thank You
e dupe  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
yedde kaande  

Please
Jowo  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
binu  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
bye  
Barpe  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ede  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
yoruba  
-  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
4 BC  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Tulu  

Language Position
49  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
tul  

ISO 639 3
yor  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
yor  
tcy  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Yoruba and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Tulu language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Yoruba and Tulu Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Tulu Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Tulu 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 Yoruba and Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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