The Karnataka government has constituted a committee under educationist Mohan Alva to recognise Tulu as the second official language of the state. The BJP-led government’s move came at a time when just three months are left for the Karnataka Assembly election.
Kannada and Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar on Monday said a panel headed by M. Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri has been formed to study the demand for and make recommendations to accord official language status to Tulu in Karnataka.
“The committee has been asked to study and submit a report to the government within a week,” Minister said in a tweet in Kannada.
ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಏರಡನೇ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಭಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ ಘೋಷಿಸುವ ಸಂಬಂಧ,ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ನಡೆಸಿ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಶಿಫಾರಸ್ಸಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವರದಿ ನೀಡಲು ಡಾ|| ಮೋಹನ್ ಆಳ್ವ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಿತಿ ರಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಈ ಸಮಿತಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ವರದಿ ನೀಡಲು ಸೂಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.— Sunil Kumar Karkala (@karkalasunil) January 30, 2023
Tuluvas are a large ethnolinguistic group in coastal Karnataka. Tulu language activists have been demanding its inclusion in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
Tulu is said to have a history dating back 2,500 years, making it one of South India’s oldest spoken languages.
Currently, there are 22 languages under the 8th Schedule including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri.
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