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Selected languages: Tulu
UPSID number: 2906
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Dravidian, So. Dravidian
The languages has 37 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Stops occur aspirated in some words on some
occasions. Bhat says this is perhaps due to influence from
Sanskrit; some of the examples are clearly Indic loan
words, which perhaps sometimes receive a "learned"
pronunciation.

Sources:

Bhat, D.N.S., 1967. Descriptive analysis of Tulu. (Buildig
Centenary and Silver Jubilee Series, 15). Poona-Deccan
College Postgraduate and Research Institute.