Tulu is a popular language in coastal Karnataka, India. Tulu-speaking people, on the other hand, have spread throughout the world as a result of globalisation and increased opportunities.
My father, late Budhananda K. Shivalli, compiled extensive data on Tulu language philology between 1977 and 1981, and his book “Tulu Patero” (written in Tulu using Kannada script) was posthumously published in Mangalore in 2004.
Based on the available published data and analytical interpretations, I wrote an editorial in the same publication (Tulu Patero) on the evolution of Tulu language and culture.One of the concepts I discussed in the aforementioned editorial was that Tulu tribes originated around 4000 years ago in the northern part of the African continent, and that some of the Tulu tribes may have migrated to the Baluchistan region as a result of sudden climatic, meteorological, or other changes.
Around 1700 BC, the town of Pirak in Baluchistan (now part of Pakistan) was a centre of civilization. The word ‘Pirak,’ which means ‘ancient,’ has been retained in Tulu. Tulu tribes migrated from Pirak to coastal Karnataka via what are now known as the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharastra.
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