lang_description: "Its one among the 5 main Dravidian languages. ",
classification: null,
dialect_varieties: " Common Tulu: Spoken by the majority includes the Mera, Devadiga, Billava, Mogaveera, Bunts communities and others. This is the dialect of commerce, trade and entertainment and is mainly used for inter-community communication. It is further subdivided into five groups:
Central Tulu: Spoken in Mangalore.
Northwest Tulu: Spoken in Udupi.
Northeast Tulu: Spoken in Karkala and Belthangadi.
Southwest Tulu: Spoken in Manjeshwar and Kasaragod, known as Kasaragod Tulu.
Southcentral Tulu: Spoken in Bantwal, Puttur.
Southeast Tulu: Spoken in Sullia.
Southern Tulu: Spoken in South of Kasaragod and Payaswini (Chandragiri) river, known as Thenkaayi Tulu.
Brahmin Tulu: Spoken by the Tulu Brahmins who are subdivided into Shivalli Brahmins, Sthanika Brahmins and Tuluva Hebbars. It is slightly influenced by Sanskrit.
Jain Dialect:Spoken by the Tulu Jains. It is a dialect where the initial letters 'T' and 'S' have been replaced by the letter 'H'. For example, the word Tare is pronounced as Hare, Saadi is pronounced as Haadi.
Girijan Dialect: Spoken by the Koraga, Mansa, other Girijans and Tribal classes.
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coordinates: "13.00,75.40",
updated_at: "2015-09-27 19:45:37",
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government_support: "Yet Govt. of India nor Govt. of Karnataka has given place for Tulu in 8th Schedule of Officially Recognized language also it is not even official language of State of Karnataka although there are significant number of speakers of the language.",
institutional_support: "Jai Tulunad",
_other_languages_used: null,
domains_of_use: "Tulu is over shadowed by the State Language Kannada. Though historically the language had its own script,but Kannada is used in Contemporary. It faces same issues that Kodagu language face today. ",