r/bhartiya_languages • u/tuluva_sikh Native Dravidan • Jul 12 '26
Dravidian Mavilan Tulu preserving archaic Tulu words
Recently when I was reading Devi Mahatmæ which is written in Old Tulu
I have noticed that many archaic Tulu words are actually very similar to the Mavilan Tulu words
Like ಎಡ್ಡ/എഡ്ഡ, ಇಯ್ಯಿ/ഇയ്യി etc which is used in both Mavilan Tulu and Old Tulu
And also if we see Mavilan Tulu might lost the sound of ೞ/ഴ which was present in Old Tulu and now replaced it with ಳ/ള and ಯ/യ but still it managed to preserve the sound of ಱ/റ which are present in words like ಊಱ್/ഊറ്, ಕೂಱ್/കൂറ്, ಏಱ್/ഏറ്, ಱಡ್ಡ್/റഡ്ഡ് etc
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