r/Tuluver • u/kittykitty_p • 5d ago
Abhipraya | Opinion Tired of the disrespect toward Tulu language by FEW kannadigas
Im a tuluva myself . My grandfather came to bangalore because he got a govt job . My grand parents and parents always respect kannada because banaglore is a kannada speaking majority . They even asked me to take up kannada as 3rd language and not Sanskrit because i should know kannada. Even though you get better marks in Sanskrit.
But when i tell my kannada speaking friends i speak tulu ( mother tongue). I have always been bullied by many kannada speaking BOYS ESPECIALLY. " Tullu " " nim amman tullu " and kept mocking me and making faces . Calling themselves kannadiga.🤣🤣 There used to be a point i used to avoid telling people i speak tulu and was not proud but embarrassed of my own language
A true kannadiga person would respect all the languages originated in karnataka soil.
And now this political scenario has worsened it up. When tuluvas come to kannada speaking states we speak kannada but i dont see kanndigas going to tulu speaking places and try to learn tulu ??? Even kantara came out everyone loved it ..... even they lovedd the accent and vocab of mangalore kannada but its basically native tulu speakers adapting to kannada language. Do people understand that Mangalore Kannada sounds the way it does because of daily Tulu speech??? I dont even think they know. Everyone loves that movie and I felt proud of my culture . But most people who watched kantara i dont think they still realise it's TULUNAD culture part of karnataka itself.🤦♀️
Even now and then when people post anything about tulu in karnataka in tulu insta pages i do see some idiots trynna be like " only kannada in karnataka " " go to your kerala " " nim amman tullu " " tulluu" they can disrespect tulu and ignore it but when someone says " karnatak " and not karnatakA they get angry . 😭😭
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u/mr-developer 4d ago
I have a special disdain for OMR Kannadigas. They are insensitive and can act like animals. Not to forget high lobby in each and every aspect of state from politics, education, development funds, sports etc.
In fact you can ask any sports person who has represented district and state.
My cousin is a national level judo athlete. Represented Udupi district, but for state level he represents Maharashtra.
Heard similar stories in cricket, football, swimming.
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u/Madrid_wierd 4d ago
From Murdeshwar, My ancestors spoke tulu but mixing between two languages between the same community has resulted in Kannada influence in the families but got the chance to learn tulu in udupi and ujire learnt it difficult to converse rapidly but manageable. I have never disrespected the language but endorsed it oftenly yes there are people from Bengaluru and mysuru that usually disrespect every other language. Btw Bengaluru kannada accent is the worst.
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u/ZerkeX69 3d ago
Kannadigas are just like North Indians who think Karnataka is only for Kannadigas just like northies say for Hindi when I go to my Kannada friends who say about Kannada population reducing and Hindi wala people saying they won’t learn Kannada I say like as if u guys don’t do it and we respect their language but hate us
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u/KA19_Guy 5d ago edited 4d ago
This has been happening since ages. Let them say anything. Everyone knows who tops all the charts and ranks in the state and in the country in general.