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'''Tulu''' ('''തുളു/ತುಳು''') is a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] of India spoken by an estimated native speakers between 3 to 5 million spread worldwide, known as [[Tulu people|Tuluvas]]. It is one of the oldest language born almost during the same time when [[Tamil language|Tamil]] & Prakrit were born. Most Tuluvas are natives of the districts of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi]] in the west of the state of Karnataka and also [[Kasaragod]] district of Kerala which is collectively known as the [[Tulu Nadu]] region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/bekal/tulu-nadu.php|title=TuluNadu|website=keralatourism.com}}</ref> There are a sizeable number of [[Tulu people|Tuluvas]] in the gulf as well as in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The original written script of the language Tulu adapted from the Grantha Script, from which the present day Malayalam script is also adapted, is rarely used today. Since the people have taken initiate to revive this script.
'''Tulu''' ('''തുളു/ತುಳು''') is a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] of India spoken by an estimated native speakers between 3 to 5 million spread worldwide, known as [[Tulu people|Tuluvas]]. It is one of the oldest language born almost during the same time when [[Tamil language|Tamil]] & Prakrit were born. Most Tuluvas are natives of the districts of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi]] in the west of the state of Karnataka and also [[Kasaragod]] district of Kerala which is collectively known as the [[Tulu Nadu]] region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/bekal/tulu-nadu.php|title=TuluNadu|website=keralatourism.com}}</ref> There are a sizeable number of [[Tulu people|Tuluvas]] in the gulf as well as in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The original written script of the language Tulu adapted from the Grantha Script, from which the present day Malayalam script is also adapted, is rarely used today. Since the people have taken initiate to revive this script.
==References==
== History ==
== History ==


The script used by the migrating Tulu priests in Kerala to write vedas and mantras around 11-12th century is popularly known as the Tulu Script. As this script form is popular in both Tulunad and Kerala, it’s called TuluMalayalam script. This Tulu-Malayalam script became Malayalam script in Kerala and Tulu script in Tulunad<ref>{{Cite web|https:url=http://shivallibrahmins.com/tulu-language/tulu-language-and-script/comment-page-3/|title=Tulu language and script|website=shivallibrahmins.com}}</ref>. There is another variant script which is called as Tigalari script. These three scripts share much similarities because they originated from same parent script which grantha.
The script used by the migrating Tulu priests in Kerala to write vedas and mantras around 11-12th century is popularly known as the Tulu Script. As this script form is popular in both Tulunad and Kerala, it’s called TuluMalayalam script. This Tulu-Malayalam script became Malayalam script in Kerala and Tulu script in Tulunad<ref>{{Cite web|https:url=http://shivallibrahmins.com/tulu-language/tulu-language-and-script/comment-page-3/|title=Tulu language and script|website=shivallibrahmins.com}}</ref>. There is another variant script which is called as Tigalari script. These three scripts share much similarities because they originated from same parent script which grantha.
<ref>{{Cite web|https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/dravidian|title=Languages of the world|website=ethnologue.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/dravidian|title=Languages of the world|website=ethnologue.com}}</ref>

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Tulu script (Tulu lipi) is a southern Brahmic script which was used to write Tulu and Sanskrit languages. It evolved from the Grantha script. It bears high similarity and relationship to its sister scripts Malayalam and Tigalari which also evolved from the Grantha.[1]

Tulu Script
Type Abugida
Languages Tulu and Sanskrit
Time period 9th century CE - Present[2]
Parent systems Brahmi script
Sister systems Malayalam script

Tigalari script

Saurashtra script

Dhives Akuru

Tulu (തുളു/ತುಳು) is a Dravidian language of India spoken by an estimated native speakers between 3 to 5 million spread worldwide, known as Tuluvas. It is one of the oldest language born almost during the same time when Tamil & Prakrit were born. Most Tuluvas are natives of the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the west of the state of Karnataka and also Kasaragod district of Kerala which is collectively known as the Tulu Nadu region.[3] There are a sizeable number of Tuluvas in the gulf as well as in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The original written script of the language Tulu adapted from the Grantha Script, from which the present day Malayalam script is also adapted, is rarely used today. Since the people have taken initiate to revive this script.

History

The script used by the migrating Tulu priests in Kerala to write vedas and mantras around 11-12th century is popularly known as the Tulu Script. As this script form is popular in both Tulunad and Kerala, it’s called TuluMalayalam script. This Tulu-Malayalam script became Malayalam script in Kerala and Tulu script in Tulunad[4]. There is another variant script which is called as Tigalari script. These three scripts share much similarities because they originated from same parent script which grantha. [5]

  1. "Tulu script". mangaloreanrecipes.com.
  2. "Tulu-Malayalam script". britannica.com.
  3. "TuluNadu". keralatourism.com.
  4. "Tulu language and script". shivallibrahmins.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |https:url= ignored (help)
  5. "Languages of the world". ethnologue.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/dravidian" ignored (help)