People Groups Lists Language:  Tulu

Language:  Tulu

Estimated Global Speakers

1,821,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

13

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Country
Population		 Global
Population		 Indigenous Primary Religion Progress
Scale		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Chaliyan India 5,800 5,800 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 153,000 153,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Galada Konkani India 800 800 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gatti India 6,500 6,500 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hanabar India 76,000 76,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Hasalaru India 26,000 26,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 1
Koracha, tribal India 17,000 17,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.01 % 1
Maila India 2,700 2,700 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malaikudi India 9,300 9,300 ● Hinduism ● 0.13 % 1
Malava India 21,000 21,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Marata India 87,000 87,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 2
Nalkadaya India 2,900 2,900 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sudri India 1,100 1,100 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
  Totals:  13           12 ●     16
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Population		 Indigenous Primary Religion Progress
Scale		 % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Adi Dravida India 8,598,000 8,598,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % 172
Adi Dravida Christian India 628,000 628,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Adi Karnataka India 2,974,000 2,974,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.51 % 59
Adi Karnataka Christian India 176,000 176,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Adiyan India 16,000 16,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.77 % 1
Ajila India 3,400 3,400 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Alambadi Kurichchan India 43,000 43,000 ● Hinduism ● 4.62 % 1
Ambalavasi India 159,000 175,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.30 % 3
Ambattan India 179,000 179,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 4
Andh India 491,000 491,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 10
Ansari India 10,700,000 14,793,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 214
Ao India 233,000 233,000 ● Christianity ● 99.07 % -
Arayan India 204,000 204,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.90 % 4
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,549,000 6,603,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 131
Baira India 8,900 8,900 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bakad India 6,100 6,100 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bakuda India 13,000 13,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balija (Hindu traditions) India 1,772,000 1,772,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 35
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 4,900 4,900 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bania India 29,331,000 29,571,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 587
Bania Agarwal India 4,876,000 4,919,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 98
Bania Chetti India 733,000 739,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 15
Bania Porwal India 329,000 331,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Banijiga India 754,000 754,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.12 % 15
Barda India 3,500 3,500 ● Hinduism ● 0.62 % 1
Basor India 932,000 932,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 19
Bathada India 3,100 3,100 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bavcha India 4,800 4,800 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 1
Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,528,000 2,534,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 51
Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 1,905,000 1,917,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 38
Bhand (Hindu traditions) India 33,000 33,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhandari India 648,000 648,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 13
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 39,000 40,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 12,000 12,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhil India 16,908,000 17,402,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.77 % 338
Bhil Paware India 104,000 104,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.27 % 2
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,411,000 6,568,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 128
Bhotia Sikkim India 84,000 90,000 ● Buddhism ● 4.44 % 2
Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,588,000 1,588,000 ● Hinduism ● 9.21 % -
Boya India 4,056,000 4,073,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 81
Brahmin India 59,134,000 63,125,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 1183
Brahmin Christian India 4,600 4,800 ● Christianity ● 99.56 % -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 283,000 283,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
Brahmin Gaur India 3,073,000 3,107,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 61
Brahmin Havik India 26,000 26,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,303,000 4,316,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 86
Brahmin Mahratta India 474,000 475,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 9
Bru India 205,000 207,000 ● Hinduism ● 16.91 % -
Byari (Beary) India 456,000 456,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 9
Chakhesang India 158,000 158,000 ● Christianity ● 99.27 % -
Chakma India 218,000 760,000 ● Buddhism ● 4.91 % 4
Chalvadi India 227,000 227,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 5
Chaptegar India 6,800 6,800 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Charodi India 4,700 4,700 ● Hinduism ● 3.60 % 1
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 375,000 375,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Cherumar Christian India 462,000 462,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Christian India 1,263,000 1,707,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Dakkal India 5,700 5,700 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,946,000 2,970,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 59
Devadiga Kalavant India 7,100 7,100 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Devanga India 491,000 491,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.38 % 10
Dhangar Bharwad India 2,796,000 2,852,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % 56
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 11,993,000 12,319,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 240
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 969,000 2,045,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 19
Dom (Dombara) India 74,000 74,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 1
Gamit India 457,000 463,000 ● Hinduism ● 10.34 % -
Gandla India 74,000 74,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gangakula India 1,556,000 1,556,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 31
Goanese India 587,000 691,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Godda India 2,600 2,600 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gond India 14,356,000 14,362,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.92 % 287
Gowdulu India 9,100 9,100 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 1
Hakki Pikki India 25,000 26,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.81 % 1
Halam India 42,000 44,000 ● Hinduism ● 46.71 % -
Halba India 733,000 733,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.30 % 15
Halsar India 11,000 11,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Halwakki Wakkal India 138,000 138,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.33 % 3
Harkantra India 20,000 20,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hasla India 1,300 1,300 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Holar India 164,000 164,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.36 % 3
Holaya India 813,000 813,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 16
Idayan India 72,000 81,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Ilavan India 5,827,000 5,896,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 117
Ilavan Christian India 118,000 129,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Irular India 225,000 225,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.31 % 4
Iruliga India 14,000 14,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 1
Jenu Kuruba India 47,000 47,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 1
Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,192,000 3,801,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 64
Kachari Dimasa India 146,000 158,000 ● Hinduism ● 6.07 % -
Kadu Kuruba India 24,000 24,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 1
Kaikadi India 339,000 339,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,948,000 3,950,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 79
Kalal Idiga India 1,774,000 1,774,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 35
Kalota India 63,000 63,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kammara India 122,000 122,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.71 % 2
Kathodi India 314,000 314,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.31 % 6
Kattunayakan India 67,000 67,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.49 % 1
Kavara India 77,000 77,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Kavuthiyan India 30,000 30,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kharia India 757,000 769,000 ● Hinduism ● 31.45 % -
Khasi (War-Khasi) India 1,265,000 1,287,000 ● Christianity ● 73.17 % -
Kokna India 1,085,000 1,085,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.10 % 22
Koli Dhor India 413,000 415,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.20 % 8
Koli Mahadev India 1,679,000 1,702,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.07 % 34
Konda Kapu India 21,000 21,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.99 % 1
Konyak India 240,000 242,000 ● Christianity ● 97.88 % -
Korama India 219,000 219,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 4
Kori India 2,589,000 2,613,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.12 % 52
Korku India 1,043,000 1,045,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.31 % 21
Kota India 700 700 ● Hinduism ● 1.81 % 1
Koya India 793,000 793,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.29 % 16
Kudiya India 3,200 3,200 ● Hinduism ● 0.16 % 1
Kudumban India 32,000 32,000 ● Hinduism ● 6.28 % -
Kudumi India 294,000 294,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
Kuki Chin India 135,000 176,000 ● Christianity ● 91.08 % -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 15,741,000 16,185,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 315
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,499,000 18,825,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.05 % 370
Kunchatiga India 380,000 380,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 8
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 427,000 431,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 9
Kuruba India 4,174,000 4,174,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.04 % 83
Kuruman India 57,000 57,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.39 % 1
Lingayat India 3,479,000 3,479,000 ● Ethnic Religions ☀ 0.01 % 70
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 9,539,000 9,857,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 191
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,787,000 7,787,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.12 % 156
Mahratta India 31,159,000 31,162,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 623
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,684,000 7,798,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 154
Malabar Catholic India 2,685,000 2,685,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Malai Vedan India 17,000 17,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.52 % 1
Malakuravan India 1,200 1,200 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malasar India 9,800 9,800 ● Hinduism ● 0.15 % 1
Malayekandi India 1,800 1,800 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 10,050,000 10,212,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 201
Mannan, caste India 280,000 280,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.04 % 6
Mappila India 8,761,000 8,772,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 175
Mavilan India 36,000 36,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mech India 55,000 61,000 ● Hinduism ● 27.21 % -
Meda India 44,000 44,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.12 % 1
Mizo India 144,000 163,000 ● Christianity ● 98.49 % -
Mizo Lushai India 567,000 569,000 ● Christianity ● 98.84 % -
Moger India 123,000 123,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Moger Moyon India 13,000 13,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 159,000 160,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Mukri India 14,000 14,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Munda India 3,692,000 3,748,000 ● Hinduism ● 19.40 % -
Mundala India 28,000 28,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,276,000 1,285,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,015,000 3,041,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 60
Naga India 19,000 19,000 ● Christianity ● 77.37 % -
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,933,000 12,102,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 239
Naikda India 3,817,000 3,822,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 76
Nair India 6,738,000 6,742,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.19 % 135
Nalakeyava India 6,300 6,300 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Oraon India 4,487,000 4,641,000 ● Hinduism ● 26.48 % -
Paite (Christian traditions) India 80,000 80,000 ● Christianity ● 98.76 % -
Pale India 9,500 9,500 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Palleyan India 2,000 2,000 ● Hinduism ● 24.12 % -
Palliyan India 6,300 6,300 ● Hinduism ● 4.81 % 1
Pambada India 4,100 4,100 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Pan India 1,361,000 1,365,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.39 % 27
Paniyan India 100,000 100,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.38 % 2
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 792,000 808,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,204,000 2,307,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.18 % 44
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 38,000 38,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 88,000 90,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.11 % 2
Pardhi India 365,000 381,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.06 % 7
Parja India 498,000 498,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.31 % 10
Patelia India 120,000 123,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.16 % 2
Pulayan India 1,057,000 1,062,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 21
Pulayan Thanda India 126,000 126,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Rajpur India 50,000 50,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 45,611,000 45,785,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 912
Sali India 1,052,000 1,055,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 21
Samagara India 90,000 90,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sayyid India 7,866,000 14,530,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 157
Shaikh India 85,886,000 223,463,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 1718
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 74,000 74,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Silpi India 206,000 209,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Soligar India 6,300 6,300 ● Hinduism ● 0.54 % 1
Soligaru India 34,000 34,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.08 % 1
Somvanshi India 499,000 499,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 10
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,772,000 7,885,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 155
Syrian Christian India 3,732,000 3,733,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Tangchanghya India 687,000 829,000 ● Hinduism ● 8.58 % -
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 18,839,000 19,359,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.02 % 377
Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,703,000 4,178,000 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 34
Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) India 37,000 37,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Teli Ganiga (Muslim traditions) India 1,200 1,200 ● Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Toda India 2,300 2,300 ● Hinduism ● 11.14 % -
Urali India 72,000 72,000 ● Hinduism ● 2.50 % 1
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 3,630,000 3,657,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.06 % 73
Vakkaliga India 6,403,000 6,403,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.21 % 128
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 149,000 153,000 ● Christianity ● 100.00 % -
Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 894,000 920,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.09 % 18
Vanniyan India 12,807,000 12,844,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.37 % 256
Varli India 1,248,000 1,253,000 ● Hinduism ● 1.42 % 25
Velakkithalanayan India 363,000 363,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Velan India 86,000 86,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Veluthadanayar India 204,000 204,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Vettuvan India 115,000 115,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Viswakarma India 7,694,000 7,701,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.12 % 154
Viswakarma Asari India 700,000 700,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.03 % 14
Viswakarma Kallasari India 53,000 53,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Viswakarma Kollan India 191,000 191,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Viswakarma Thattan India 202,000 202,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,642,000 59,932,000 ● Hinduism ☀ 0.01 % 1173
Yerava India 31,000 31,000 ● Hinduism ● 0.21 % 1
  Totals:  206           170 ●     12,921
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Language Alternate Names
Bantwal
Belthangadi
Brahmin Tulu
Common Tulu
Kasaragod
Kerala
Mangalore
Manjeswara
Northeast Tulu (Belthangadi)
Northwest Tulu (Mangalore)
Puttur
South Central Tulu (Bantwal)
Southeast Tulu (Sullia Subrahmanya)
Southwest Tulu (Kasaragod)
Sullia Subrahmanya
Tal
Tallu
Thalu
Thulu
Tilu
Tullu
Tuluva Bhasa
Udipi

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Bellari
Kasergod
Myacherver
Northeast Tulu
Northwest Tulu
South Central Tulu
Southeast Tulu
Southwest Tulu

Dialect Alternate Names
Tulu: Kasergod

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Bible Portions 1842-1912
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