This article is about corrupted Tulu words. In Tulu language words get corrupted due to  

  1. heavy influence of other languages. 
  2. Not teaching Tulu language in education. 

Let us see about common mistakes made in spoken Tulu.

1. Loss of vowel sound:

In Tulu some words start with vowel sound. That vowel loses in some dialects of Tulu. In some cases vowel sound get replaces by consonant sound. Eg: Oṇas is altered into vanas. 


ORIGINAL WORD - ALTERED WORD. 
  • Iraḍ - raḍḍ (two)
  • Irand - rand (demand)
  • Undenn - nenn (this)
  • Undu - úndu (this)
  • Undekk - nekk (to this)
  • Uṇppu - nuppu (food/meal)
  • Umber - mēr (he, respectfully)
  • Umbaḷ - mōḷu (she)
  • Umbekkuḷu - mukuḷu/mokuḷu (they, proximity)
  • Uṇung - nungu (become dry)
  • Aḍeṅg - deng (hide)
  • Aḍakk - ḍakk, dakk (throw)
  • Oṇass - vanas (lunch)
  • Aḷamb - lambu (mushroom)
  • Aḷappu - lappu (measure)
2. Ḷa to La shift
In some dialects of Tulu, especially in northern dialect, the ḷa sound becomes la. It may be due to influence of Indo Aryan languages. 
  • Aḷe - ale (buttermilk)
  • Buḷe - bule (growth, development, crop)
  • Kaḷi - kali (Toddy)
  • Baḷḷ - ball (rope)
  • Uḷāyi - ulāyi (inside)
  • Maḷter - malther (did)
  • Boḷpu - bolpu (light, morning)
3. Ṇa to Na shift
In some dialects, ṇa sound becomes na just like ḷa to la shift. 
  • Kaṇṇ - kann (eye)
  • Poṇṇu - ponnu (female)
  • Maṇṇ - mann (soil)
  • Uṇuppu - unpu, nuppu (food)
  • Uṇungu - nungu, ungu (become dry)
  • Oṇasu - onas, vanas (meal)
  • Paṇavu - panavu (money)
4. Shortened words
Many words in Tulu are shortened in spoken Tulu to make it easy for pronounciation. These words are kept in its original form during standardization. Languages lives by speaking, so we have to avoid altered word & have to use actual original words during speaking as much as possible. 
Some examples of shortened words are given below. 
  • Buḍiyara - buḍre, buḍare (to leave)
  • Konḍru - kona, kana (bring)
  • Koriyara - korare, korre (to give)
  • Paṇiyara - paṇre (to say)
  • Buḍth - burdh (after leaving)
  • Kaḍth - karth (after cutting)
  • Pāḍth - pardh (after putting)