Jai Tulunad is a Tulu organisation of Tulu people which works for growth of culture, language and script of Tulunad.[1][2] The organisation was started in Mulki on Aug 10, 2014. It was registered on 10 Aug 2015. The organisation also teaches Tulu script for free in both mediums online and offline.[3][4]

Jai Tulunad
Founded atMulki, India
Websitewww.jaitulunad.com

Presidents

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Name Year
Jai Tulunad, founder committee August 2014 to May 2015
Prasanth Saliyan May 2015 to August 2016
Ashwath Tuluve August 2016 to September 2017
Arun Tuluve September 2017 to February 2020
Sudarshan Surathkal February 2020 to October 2021
Jai Tulunad, founder committee October 2021 to February 2022
Ashwath Tuluve February 2022 to present

Works

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Tulu script chart

The organization has fought against the abused worship of the divine spiritual energy (Daivaradhane/Bootharadhane) according to the law and creates awareness among the people about the actions taken against the abuse.[5]

  • Tulu as the official language of the state

The organization has worked for many years towards recognition of the Tulu language as the state language. By creating awareness in social media, for the first time, #TuluOfficialinKA_KL twitter campaign got trended and reached up to 4 lakh tweets just in a day and got a sensational reach throughout the nation. The organization has also stressed the MLAs of Tulunad and Home Minister for the official recognition of Tulu.[6][7][8]

Many awareness campaigns like #TuluTo8thSchedule were conducted in social medias and stressing the political leaders regarding the same were done by the organization.[9][10]

  • Teaching Tulu language

From past many years, Jai Tulunad has been teaching interested people, to speak Tulu with an intention that not only people from Tulunad, but also people from other places should learn to speak Tulu. Good news is that many people outside Tulunad are individually coming forward to learn Tulu.

  • Tulu script classes

With an intention of teaching Tulu script to all Tuluvas, free online Tulu script classes were conducted during the time of covid pandemic[11][3] and after the pandemic around 35 offline classes were conducted.[4][12][13] Many requests for conducting script classes in the future days are also being received. Along with this, around 10000 people have registered online for learning Tulu script and more than 2000 people have already written script exams.

  • Training Tulu script Teachers

The organisation has been teaching Tulu script from many years and from past one year, the organization has prepared more than 150 Tulu script teachers. The organization has successfully created a large number of platforms for teaching Tulu script throughout Tulunad.

  • Tulu Baravu Font

The organization has developed a Tulu Font called "Tulu Baravu". It was brought up so that people could type Tulu in their mobile and computer. This Baravu Font was prepared from the model of Tulu academy's Unicode script. This has enabled people to use Tulu script in many boards, banners, social media posters, invitation cards, and many other.[14]

  • "KOPPARIGE" Online Tulu Dictionary

On 2 July 2021 the organization released "KOPPARIGE", an online Tulu dictionary, so that people could search the meaning of some words, reuse the endangered Tulu words and grab their interest towards Tulu literature.[2][15] In this dictionary, users can get the meaning along with the details of any Tulu word in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. The specialty of this dictionary is that the words are written in Tulu script and the pronunciation of each word is available in the form of recorded audio. This dictionary is one of the biggest achievements of Jai Tulunad (R) organization.

  • Tulu Mandara Font

On 9 July 2021, the organization released a Tulu Font "Mandara". It was developed by Prahlad Tantry and launched by Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat.[16][17][18]

  • "GenaSiri" Tulu Transcriptor

On 2 July 2022,"GenaSiri"[19],which will allow users to transcript from Kannada and Malayalam texts to Tulu was released. This was developed by Jnanesh Derlakatte and released through the organization.[20][21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Jai Tulunadu Organisation - Preserving Everything That Is Tulu". Mangalore Meri Jaan®. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "For the love of Tulu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Tulu script to be taught online". Deccan Herald. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Bale Tulu Lipi Kalpuga: 'Jai Tulunad' offers free online Tulu script learning class". beta.udayavani.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Tulu organization to fight against modern depiction of local rituals, customs | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Twitter campaign for Tulu as official language gets good response". Deccan Herald. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Twitter campaign for Tulu gets support from politicians | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Jai Tulunad organization appeals Kasargod MLA to make Tulu official language". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Twitter campaign to include Tulu in Eighth Schedule of Constitution". The Hindu. 10 August 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  10. ^ Paniyadi, Gururaj A. (10 August 2017). "Karnataka: Twitter campaign to include Tulu in 8th schedule gains momentum". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  11. ^ Deepthi Sanjiv (9 August 2021). "Tulu being taught through 120 WhatsApp groups | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Mangaluru: 'Jai Tulunad' holds free online Tulu script learning class". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  13. ^ "This Initiative By Jai Tulunadu Organisation Is Popularizing Tulu Script: Check Out How". Mangalore City News. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  14. ^ "ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆಯ 'ತುಳು ಬರವು' ಯೂನಿಕೋಡ್ ಲಿಪಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ!". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Kopparige, Tulu online dictionary released". News Karnataka. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Mandara - Tulu Font Launched: Another Interesting Step to Recognize & Standardise The Language". Mangalore City News – Mangalore News – latest Mangalore News Headlines – Information, Headlines, Updates, Live Coverage – Mangalore crime news. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  17. ^ Udayavani. "Udupi: MLA Bhat launches Tulu font 'Mandara;' announces all MLAs from Udupi, DK will speak in Tulu in Assembly". Udayavani (in Kannada). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Tulu font launched, Udupi and DK MLAs to talk in Tulu in Karnataka Assembly". The News Minute. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Dictionary". jaitulunad.in. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  20. ^ Sanjiv, Deepthi (4 July 2022). "Tulu transcription application launched". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Tulu Transcription App Launched: Click to Know More". Mangalore City News – Mangalore News – latest Mangalore News Headlines – Information, Headlines, Updates, Live Coverage – Mangalore crime news. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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