Tulu

E86782
Dravidian language language

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Tulu language 5
Brahmin Tulu 1
Jain 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 (14)

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

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
this entity surface form: Tulu language
this entity surface form: Tulu language
this entity surface form: Tulu language