Tulu is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in the region known as Tulu Nadu, in the Indian state of Karnataka and also in the Kasaragod district of Kerala. As of the 2011 census, there were over 1.8 million speakers, though there's an estimated 3 to 5 million speakers throughout the world; the number is uncertain because Tulu speakers elsewhere often get mixed in with the Kannada speakers in census reports.
History
The earliest extant texts in Tulu date from the 14th and 15th centuries in the Tigalari script. It is suspected that Tulu diverged from Proto-South-Dravidian earlier than other South Dravidian languages like Kannada and Tamil, because it retains a lot of archaic features lost in the others.
Linguistics
As a Dravidian language, Tulu is related to widely spoken languages such as Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, as well as to lesser-known Dravidian languages such as Toda, and Kadar.
Classification
Tulu's full classification is as follows:
Dravidian (Proto-Dravidian) > South Dravidian > Tulu
Phonology and Phonotactics
Tulu has seven short vowels and seven long vowels. The quality of the long vowels regularly corresponds to that of the short vowels. Extra-length vowels and nasalized vowels do exist, and are considered phonemic, though they are limited to special circumstances.
The long vowels are noticeably longer, and can be anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 times as long as the short vowels. There is no morphophonemic reason to posit long vowels as a sequence of identical short vowels, while there is some reason to think of them as a sequence of vowel + length (such as the vocative case lengthening a vowel).
The extra-length vowels are used for emphasis, and are two to three times longer than that of short vowels; it is considered phonemic because minimal pairs do exist, such as /du:ra/ ('far away place') and /du::ra/ ('very very far away place'). All vowels are nasalized in the presence of a nasal consonant, but there are some instances of nasal vowels that are not predictable from the environment and form minimal pairs, such as /a:ha:/ ('wonderful!') and /ã:hã:/ ('I challenge you -- is it so?')
There are twenty-three consonant phonemes in Tulu. They are distinguishe
... keep reading on reddit ➡I am sure there are many people like me who are from Mangalore and do not know Tulu. I am not residing in Mangalore, but I would love to learn Tulu. I have begun watching Bale Telipale and with my little knowledge of Tulu that I have and their actions, I can understand the plot.
I showed it to some of my friends and they absolutely fell in love with the language. As you know, Tulu is one of the endangered languages and we must do our best to preserve it.
So, I wanted to know if anybody wants to volunteer to create a spreadsheet where we can post lines of which we would require translation?
Another idea that I had was if we could add subtitles to small 15-20 minute tulu videos on Youtube, it would enable a lot of non-tulu speakers to experience Tulu!
Any inputs?
Namaste, musth dina aand yaan nikleda patherandhe, aik malla kaarana nama pothina Greece trip, yaan yenye yaan yenna dosthinaklen thikere pothinindh, matra yenk aand nikulu baari keeladh yenan thuyar, nikulu serdh niklena baashed patherondh ithar, yaan niklena yeduru kulondhithindala nikleg yenna gamana ithji, yaan manas bejar aadh chapped kulondhithe, matra nikulu aitha bagge daala manthijar. Yenk yennunundu yaan yenna dostinaklene thikere aaath doora mutta baidhinath, yaan yera posa janaknotigge ithilekand yenk. Yaan apaga chappe thulondhithe, nikulu daala manthijar, ithe nikleg pictures bodundaanga nikulu baari yenna piravudu balthondhular. Yenn manas samadhaneta yaan avu pictures nikleg korpuji. Nikulu baari keeladh varthane manthar yenotigge, yen niklena mith ithinna poora gaurava pond. Solmelu!
Hello,
I'm a non local, I don't speak kannada, and I'm very new to the city. So far, every 8 out of 10 locals I've met are helpful and polite, and they don't mind the language barrier. Some even speak Hindi well and most speak English too. But a lot of times I do encounter rude people who make me feel uncomfortable because I don't speak the language they do, and it makes me wonder that as time goes on, will I have too many bad experiences?
What is your experience? Do you see yourself spending your life here or will you move down the road?
Edit: no, I'm not saying I don't want to learn the language or the others should/should not learn the language, I didn't touch on this subject because learning a language is genuinely hard. A person I met has been here for some 20 years, loves the city, but hasn't been able to learn the language.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
I feel that there isn't much presence of our community on this platform. Also, the migration to the coastal regions of Karnataka is also increasing. This can act as a medium to learn the language and understand its important. I am aware of the presence of r/mangalore but I feel that a more distinct and active sub is necessary to make Tulu even more widespread, which in my opinion is getting more and more conscious about its identity day by day. Promoting the Tulu Script, elaborating about the practices of the Tulu people in agriculture, fishery, food and also religious and cultural traditions will be considered as a priceless contribution to this community.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
How many South Indians living in the US are on this sub? Out of curiosity, how many of you/families are open to marrying partners from other languages, religion, or caste. How many of you have created your own profile (I would like to know especially from women), vs handled by your parents?
I'm 28F, Tulu-speaking Kannadiga from Bangalore. My parents insist on similar caste. I'm mostly looking to connect with other Tulu, Kannada, or Konkani speaking guys. Profiles are typically managed by both parents and me, as guys often tend to send annoying requests as soon as they see a self portrait. I will say that my options sometimes feel limited and I'm curious to know other people's experience on this sub.
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Tulu is one of the important languages belonging to the Dravidian family of languages and spoken by about 1.5 million population in the Udupi and South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada) district of Karnataka as well as the northern part of the Kasaragod District of Kerala. Though confined to a small area the Tulu speaking community with its distinct socio-cultural traits, religious cults, artistic traditions and theatrical forms has made significant contributions to the cultural heritage of Karnataka and through it to the totality of Indian culture and civilization.
Since this language displays certain features of the Central and Northern Dravidian languages and since it has made certain innovations not noticed in other South Dravidian languages, it is believed that this language branched off from the parent language before other languages of the South Dravidian group came to be developed into well defined independent languages and hence can be considered as the earliest offshoot of the South Dravidian.
In a Greek Papyrus of 2nd Century B.C. known as Charition, the characters of the Western Coast of Karnataka speak a peculiar language which is now being proved to be Tulu. This also lends support to the historicity of this language.
Though spoken by a highly advanced and educated community, the Tulu language did not develop much of classical literature due perhaps to lack of royal patronage. But we do come across a large mass of folk literature handed down to us through oral tradition. Considering the small area in which this language is spoken, the output of Tulu oral tradition is really marvellous and the folk epics and ballads found here can be ranked among the well-known folk epics of other regions.
The recent discovery of a couple of inscriptions as well as two epic poems 'Sri Bhagavato and Kaveri' in what is known as the Tulu Script has completely shaken our notions about the use of this language in mass-media and creative writings in ancient times. One of the inscriptions is ascribed to 15th Century by the epigraphists whereas the epic poem 'Sri Bhagavato' can safely be ascribed to the 17th Century as per the horoscope of the author recorded in the work. The other poem also belongs to the same period as testified by the language used in the poem. A manuscript of another prose work is also discovered recently These factors enable Tutlu to occupy a place of pride among the major literary languages of India which possess classical literature of earlier ce
... keep reading on reddit ➡Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
Namaste, musth dina aand yaan nikleda patherandhe, aik malla kaarana nama pothina Greece trip, yaan yenye yaan yenna dosthinaklen thikere pothinindh, matra yenk aand nikulu baari keeladh yenan thuyar, nikulu serdh niklena baashed patherondh ithar, yaan niklena yeduru kulondhithindala nikleg yenna gamana ithji, yaan manas bejar aadh chapped kulondhithe, matra nikulu aitha bagge daala manthijar. Yenk yennunundu yaan yenna dostinaklene thikere aaath doora mutta baidhinath, yaan yera posa janaknotigge ithilekand yenk. Yaan apaga chappe thulondhithe, nikulu daala manthijar, ithe nikleg pictures bodundaanga nikulu baari yenna piravudu balthondhular. Yenn manas samadhaneta yaan avu pictures nikleg korpuji. Nikulu baari keeladh varthane manthar yenotigge, yen niklena mith ithinna poora gaurava pond. Solmelu!
