Tulu
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Tulu is a Dravidian language spoken in the Tulu Nadu region of India, primarily in coastal Karnataka. It matters as an important part of the linguistic and cultural heritage of its native communities.
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The Tulu language (Tuḷu Bāse, Tigalari script: , Kannada script: ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, Malayalam script: തുളു ഭാഷെ; pronunciation in Tulu: [t̪uɭu baːsɛ]) is a Dravidian language whose speakers are concentrated in Dakshina Kannada and in the southern part of Udupi of Karnataka in south-western India and also in the northern parts of the Kasaragod district of Kerala. The native speakers of Tulu are referred to as Tuluva or Tulu people and the geographical area is unofficially called Tulu Nadu.