Tulu

E86782

Tulu is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in the coastal regions of Karnataka and northern Kerala in southwestern India, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct cultural identity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Tulu canonical 25
Tulu language 11
Brahmin Tulu 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kannada
Kodava
Malayalam
hasAlternativeName Tulu
surface form: Tulu bāse

Tulu
surface form: Tulu language

Tuluva dynasty
surface form: Tuluva
hasCulturalIdentity distinct
hasDialect Tulu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brahmin Tulu

Tulu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jain Tulu

Tulu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Non-Brahmin Tulu

Tulu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saiva Tulu
hasEthnologueCode tcy
hasFilmIndustry Tulu cinema
hasFolkLiterature yes
hasGlottocode tulu1258
hasISO6393Code tcy
hasLiteraryTradition yes
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNativeSpeakers yes
hasOralTradition rich
hasPhonologicalFeature dental-retroflex contrast
retroflex consonants
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Kannada script
Malayalam script
Tulu script
isEndangered considered vulnerable
isMinorityLanguage yes
languageFamily Dravidian languages
surface form: Dravidian
spokenInCountry India
spokenInRegion Dakshina Kannada district
Kasargod district
Karnataka and Kerala
surface form: Tulu Nadu

Udupi district
coastal Karnataka
spokenInState Karnataka
Kerala
subfamily Southern Dravidian
surface form: Southern Dravidian languages
usedByEthnicGroup Tuluva people
usedInEducation limited regional use
usedInMedia regional newspapers
regional radio
regional television
usedInPerformanceArt Nagamandala
Pili Vesha
Yakshagana
usedInReligion Bhuta worship traditions

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kannada script writingSystemFor Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Southern Dravidian includes Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Southern Dravidian majorLanguage Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Tulu hasAlternativeName Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu bāse
Tulu hasAlternativeName Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Tulu hasDialect Tulu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Brahmin Tulu
Tulu hasDialect Tulu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Non-Brahmin Tulu
Tulu hasDialect Tulu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jain Tulu
Tulu hasDialect Tulu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saiva Tulu
Dravidian peoples associatedLanguage Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Indian cinema language Tulu
coastal Karnataka regionalLanguage Tulu
subject surface form: Coastal Karnataka
Kodava language closelyRelatedTo Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Tigalari script writingSystemOf Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Yakshagana language Tulu
Kodava closelyRelatedTo Tulu
Dravidian literature hasLanguage Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Udupi district language Tulu
Kundapura hasLanguage Tulu
Manjeshwar, Kasaragod district, Kerala, India commonlySpokenLanguage Tulu
subject surface form: Manjeshwar
South Dravidian languages hasMember Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
South Dravidian languages containsSubgroup Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu languages
Tulu script usedFor Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Tulu script proposedUnicodeBlockName Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu-Tigalari
Tuluva people nativeLanguage Tulu
this entity surface form: Tulu language
Tulu cinema language Tulu
subject surface form: Enna Thangadi
Tulu cinema eligibleLanguage Tulu
subject surface form: Karnataka State Film Award for Best Regional Film