ABSTRACT
Introduction Tulu (tulu) is spoken by more than three million people, half as their mother tongue and half as a second language. Its use is confined to a discrete area in cluding most of the South Kanara district (except the north) in Karnataka and Kasaragod Taluk in the north of neighbouring Kerala. Tulu speakers have also migrated within India in pursuit of commercial opportunities; they are conse quently found in most major cities even though the Census of India generally counts them as Kannada speakers.
