Language:  Tulu

Approximate Global Speakers

1,845,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

13

Scripture Status

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(13 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Chaliyan India 6,600 ☀︎
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 174,000 ☀︎
Gatti India 7,400 ☀︎
Hanabar India 87,000 ☀︎
 Hasalaru India 29,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 20,000
Maila India 3,100 ☀︎
Malaikudi India 11,000
Malava India 23,000 ☀︎
Marata India 99,000 ☀︎
 Mavilan India 41,000 ☀︎
Nalkadaya India 3,300 ☀︎
Sudri India 1,300
  Totals:  13     12
SECONDARY Language
(207 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Dravida India 9,795,000 ☀︎
Adi Dravida Christian India 750,000
 Adi Karnataka India 3,387,000
Adi Karnataka Christian India 200,000
 Adiyan India 19,000
Ajila India 3,800 ☀︎
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 49,000
 Ambalavasi India 182,000
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 206,000 ☀︎
 Andh India 560,000 ☀︎
 Ansari India 12,243,000 ☀︎
 Ao India 266,000
Arayan India 233,000
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,564,000 ☀︎
 Baira India 10,000 ☀︎
Bakad India 6,900 ☀︎
Bakuda India 15,000 ☀︎
 Balija (Hindu traditions) India 2,067,000 ☀︎
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,600 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,628,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 841,000 ☀︎
 Bania Porwal India 372,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,625,000 ☀︎
 Banijiga India 862,000
Barda India 4,000
 Basor India 1,053,000 ☀︎
Bathada India 3,500 ☀︎
 Bavcha India 5,400 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,795,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,303,000 ☀︎
Bhand (Hindu traditions) India 38,000 ☀︎
 Bhandari India 741,000 ☀︎
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 44,000
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 14,000 ☀︎
 Bhil Mina India 124,000
Bhil Paware India 118,000
 Bhil unspecified India 16,822,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,818,000 ☀︎
 Bhotia Sikkim India 96,000
 Bhumij India 1,282,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,667,000
 Boya India 4,587,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Christian India 5,500
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 323,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,525,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Havik India 29,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,944,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 516,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,943,000 ☀︎
 Bru India 236,000
Byari (Beary) India 520,000 ☀︎
 Chakhesang India 180,000
Chakma India 250,000
 Chalvadi India 258,000 ☀︎
Chaptegar India 7,700 ☀︎
Charodi India 12,000
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 429,000 ☀︎
Cherumar Christian India 527,000
 Christian India 1,600,000
 Dakkal India 6,600 ☀︎
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000 ☀︎
Devadiga Kalavant India 8,200 ☀︎
 Devanga India 561,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,191,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,112,000 ☀︎
Dom (Dombara) India 84,000 ☀︎
 Gamit India 522,000
 Gandla India 85,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,776,000 ☀︎
 Goanese India 670,000
Godda India 3,000 ☀︎
 Gond unspecified India 11,705,000
 Gowdulu India 10,000 ☀︎
 Hakki Pikki India 29,000
Halam India 48,000
 Halba India 837,000
Halsar India 12,000 ☀︎
 Halwakki Wakkal India 157,000
Harkantra India 23,000 ☀︎
Hasla India 1,500 ☀︎
 Holar India 186,000
 Holaya India 928,000 ☀︎
Idayan India 82,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,637,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 135,000
 Irular India 256,000
Iruliga India 16,000 ☀︎
 Jenu Kuruba India 54,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,810,000 ☀︎
 Kachari Dimasa India 167,000
Kadu Kuruba India 27,000 ☀︎
 Kaikadi India 387,000 ☀︎
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,001,000 ☀︎
 Kalal Idiga India 2,026,000 ☀︎
 Kalota India 72,000 ☀︎
Kammara India 151,000
 Kathodi India 359,000
 Kattunayakan India 76,000
Kavara India 88,000 ☀︎
Kavuthiyan India 34,000 ☀︎
 Kharia India 866,000
 Khasi India 1,426,000
 Kokna India 1,239,000
 Koli Dhor India 471,000
 Koli Mahadev India 1,917,000 ☀︎
 Konda Kapu India 26,000
 Konyak India 274,000
 Korama unspecified India 160,000 ☀︎
 Korku India 1,156,000
 Koya unspecified India 898,000
Kudiya India 3,600
 Kudumban India 36,000
 Kudumi India 335,000 ☀︎
 Kuki Chin India 163,000
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,279,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,031,000 ☀︎
Kunchatiga India 434,000 ☀︎
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 486,000 ☀︎
 Kuruba India 4,761,000
 Kuruman India 65,000
 Lingayat India 3,926,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,024,000 ☀︎
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 9,031,000
 Mahli India 466,000
 Mahratta Kunbi India 8,707,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta unspecified India 36,204,000 ☀︎
 Malabar Catholic India 3,064,000
 Malai Vedan India 19,000
Malakuravan India 1,400 ☀︎
Malasar India 11,000
Malayekandi India 2,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,662,000 ☀︎
 Mannan, caste India 320,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 10,000,000 ☀︎
 Mech India 63,000
Meda India 51,000
 Mizo India 164,000
Mizo Lushai India 646,000
Moger Moyon India 15,000 ☀︎
 Moger unspecified India 150,000 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 182,000 ☀︎
Mukri India 16,000 ☀︎
 Munda India 4,157,000
Mundala India 32,000 ☀︎
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,479,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,457,000 ☀︎
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,835,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,354,000 ☀︎
 Nair India 7,705,000
Nalakeyava India 7,200 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,154,000
 Paite (Christian traditions) India 91,000
Pale India 11,000 ☀︎
Palleyan India 2,200
Palliyan India 7,200
Pambada India 4,700 ☀︎
 Pan India 1,555,000
 Paniyan India 114,000
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 895,000
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,511,000
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 43,000
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 100,000
 Pardhi India 416,000 ☀︎
 Parja unspecified India 452,000
 Patelia India 137,000
Pulayan Thanda India 144,000 ☀︎
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,272,000 ☀︎
 Rabha India 421,000
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,981,000 ☀︎
Rajpur India 57,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,894,000 ☀︎
 Sali India 1,206,000 ☀︎
 Samagara India 103,000 ☀︎
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,636,000
 Sayyid India 9,135,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 82,690,000 ☀︎
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 85,000 ☀︎
Silpi India 241,000 ☀︎
 Soligar India 7,200
Soligaru India 39,000 ☀︎
 Somvanshi India 570,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,601,000 ☀︎
 Syrian Christian India 4,259,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,850,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,948,000 ☀︎
 Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) India 42,000 ☀︎
Teli Ganiga (Muslim traditions) India 1,400 ☀︎
 Tipera India 787,000
 Toda India 2,600
 Urali India 82,000
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,160,000 ☀︎
 Vakkaliga unspecified India 7,697,000
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 170,000
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 118,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan India 14,557,000
 Varli India 1,424,000
Velakkithalanayan India 414,000 ☀︎
Velan India 98,000 ☀︎
Veluthadanayar India 233,000 ☀︎
Vettuvan India 132,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Asari India 797,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Kallasari India 61,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma Kollan India 219,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Thattan India 231,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma unspecified India 8,785,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 47,216,000 ☀︎
Yerava India 36,000
  Totals:  207     170

Language Alternate Names
Bantwal
Belthangadi
Brahmin Tulu
Common Tulu
Kasaragod
Kerala
Mangalore
Manjeswara
Northeast Tulu
Northwest Tulu
Puttur
South Central Tulu
Southeast Tulu
Southwest Tulu
Sullia Subrahmanya
Tal
Tallu
Thalu
Thulu
Tilu
Tullu
Tuluva Bhasa
Udipi

Dialects
Bellari
Brahmin
Common
Kasergod
Myacherver
Northeast
Northwest
South Central
Southeast
Southwest

Dialect Alternate Names