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Name: Tulu
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Tal; Tallu; Thalu; Thulu; Tilu; Tullu; Tuluva Bhasa; Tuḷu
Spoken in: India
Number of speakers: 1,950,000 (1997). 636,123 monolinguals (1981) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 1722768 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1949000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: tcy
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Dravidian (Elamo-Dravidian)
Parent Subgroup: Tulu; Tuḷu-Koraga (tulu)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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