Hayat Ashraf

Tulu is a Dravidian language primarily spoken in the southern coastal region of Karnataka and the northern part of Kerala in India. It is also spoken by Tuluvas, a significant ethnic community in these areas. Tulu is recognized as one of the five major Dravidian languages, along with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. The Tulu language has a rich literary and cultural heritage. It has a long history of oral traditions, including folk songs, proverbs, and storytelling. However, written literature in Tulu emerged relatively recently. The first known written work in Tulu is the Tulu Mahabharata, an adaptation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, which dates back to the 15th or 16th century. Tulu has its own unique script called the Tulu script, which is a derivative of the Kannada script. However, the Tulu language is commonly written using the Kannada script in official and educational contexts. Efforts have been made to promote the use of the Tulu script, but its usage remains limited....