ISO 639-3 · tcytcy
Dravidian family
Tulu
ತುಳು
Tulu is a language of the Tulu branch (Dravidian), spoken in India. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Indian Dravidian language of Tulu Nadu region”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tcy- Glottocode
tulu1258- Family
- Dravidian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 12.50, 75.00
- Wikipedia
- 78 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tulu · ತುಳು |
|---|---|
| Also called | tcy, Tulu language |
| All speakers | 2,000,000 |
| Written in | Kannada script, Tulu-Tigalari script, Malayalam script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dravidian to Tulu
The branches above Tulu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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