Dravidian family
Tulu
c. 1400 CE – today Living
Tulu (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Dravidian language. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Proto-South Dravidian → Tulu.
See Tulu on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.8M (1,800,000)
- ISO 639-3
- tcy
- Glottocode
- tulu1258
South Dravidian language of coastal Karnataka and Kerala; an early offshoot of the branch. Earliest inscriptions ~14th–15th century.
Lineage
- Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-South Dravidianc. 1,100 BCE – 300 BCE
- Tuluc. 1400 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-South Dravidian.