Back Tuluva Catalan तुलु नाडु Hindi Tulu Nadu ID Tulu Nadu Italian ತುಳು ನಾಡು Kannada Tulu Nadu Lithuanian തുളുനാട് Malayalam तुळुनाडू Marathi Tulu Nadu Polish Тулунад Russian
Tulu Nadu | |
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Region | |
 Flag | |
 South Canara, an erstwhile district, forms the centre of the Tuluva region called 'Tulu Nadu'. | |
| Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka, Kerala |
| Districts | Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasaragod |
| Largest City | Mangalore |
| No. of districts & Talukas | 3 District and 18 Taluks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,432 km2 (4,028 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 4,574,385 |
| • Density | 356.1/km2 (922/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | |
| Languages | |
| • Lingua Franca | Tulu |
| • Spoken | Tulu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Beary[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 0824, 0825 |
| ISO 3166 code | ISO 3166-2:IN |
| Vehicle registration | KA19, KA20, KA21, KA62, KA70, KL14. |
Tulu Nadu or Tulunad is a region and a proposed state on the southwestern coast of India.[5] The Tulu people, known as 'Tuluva' (plural 'Tuluver'), speakers of Tulu, a Dravidian language, are the preponderant ethnic group of this region.[6] South Canara, an erstwhile district and a historical area, encompassing the undivided territory of the contemporary Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka State and Kasaragod district of Kerala state forms the cultural area of the Tuluver.[7]
Historically, Tulu Nadu lay between the Gangavalli River (Uttara Kannada district) in the north and the Chandragiri River (Kasaragod district) in the south.[8] Currently, Tulu Nadu consists of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka state and Kasaragod district of Kerala state.[9] This region is not an official administrative entity.[10][11]
Mangalore, the fourth largest (in terms of area and population)[12] and a major city of Karnataka is the largest city of Tulu Nadu.[13] Udupi and Kasaragod are the other major cities of this region.[14]
Moreover, the term "Tulunad" is cited as "Tuḷu Nāṭṭu" in the "Akananuru", which is a classical Tamil poetic work and part of the "Eight Anthologies" (Ettuthokai), a collection of Sangam literature composed around more than 2000 years ago.[15] [16]
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- ^ "Tour to Udupi". Tourism of India. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Census GIS India". Census of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ Anthropological Survey of India (Department of Anthropology) (1980). Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India, Volume 25. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. p. 41.
- ^ Minahan, James B. (2012). "Tuluvas". Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. Ethnic Groups of the World (illustrated ed.). ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-660-7.
- ^ Bhat, N. Shyam (1998). "Introduction". South Kanara, 1799–1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. pp. 1–16. ISBN 9788170995869.
- ^ Bhatt, P. Gururaja (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara. Prabhakara Press. p. 2.
- ^ "Tuluvere Paksha seeks separate statehood for Tulu Nadu, language". Deccan Herald. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Unnithan, Rajmohan (7 January 2020). "A case for including Tulu in the Eighth Schedule". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ B, Sreekantswamy (21 July 2017). "With separate 'flag,' Tulu activists up demand for statehood". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "About Mangalore" (PDF). Mangaluru Online. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Sheth, Anisha (6 November 2014). "This city has six names in six languages, and the official one Mangaluru, is the least popular". The News Minute. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Malli, Karthik (28 February 2019). "Mapping Tulu: A rich oral tradition with deep roots in Karnataka". The News Minute. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
Tulu is a southern Dravidian language that's spoken by 1.85 million people in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kerala's Kasargod district.
- ^ Kesikan, Puliyur (2010). அகநானூறு மூலமும் உரையும் I (in Tswana) (1st ed.). Gowra Book Fair. pp. 43–44.
- ^ "Reference Of Tulunadu". Tulupedia. Retrieved 18 March 2024.