{"id":125987,"date":"2026-09-24T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=125987"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:43:37","slug":"tulu-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tulu-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulu Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tulu Language Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Karnataka government decided to accord Tulu the second additional administrative language status.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tulu Language<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulu is classified among the <\/span><b>five Dravidian languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the others being Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spoken mainly in the <\/span><b>coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and northern parts of <\/span><b>Kasaragod district in Keralam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has borrowed many <\/span><b>words from the Kannada language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but they are not closely related.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulu Nadu has its own script called <\/span><b>Tigalari script, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is <\/span><b>not widely used.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oldest available inscriptions in Tulu are from the period between <\/span><b>14th to 15th centuries AD.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulu is taught as the <\/span><b>third optional language in schools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from <\/span><b>Class 6 to Class 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts since the 2010-11 academic year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recognition: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Registrar General and Census Commissioner has recognised Tulu as an <\/span><b>independent language of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is also treated as an important <\/span><b>non-scheduled language of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cultural significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The language has a <\/span><b>strong oral tradition, rich folklore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and cultural practices like Yakshagana, Bhoota Kola, and others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/tulu-official-language-coastal-karnataka-politics-bjp-congress-10890392\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulu is classified among the five Dravidian languages, the others being Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. 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