Tulu Total Speakers Across Indian States: 1991-2011

Tulu had about 26.23 lakh total speakers in the 2011 Census, up from 24.4 lakh in 2001 and 19.3 lakh in 1991. Of the 2011 total, 18.46 lakh spoke it as their mother tongue, while 4.24 lakh knew it as a second language and 3.53 lakh as a third. The second and third language…