“Tulu has been frozen in this limbo for a decade. Even if not many people can read it right now, it deserves to be something you can have on your phone," said Karthik Malli, an independent linguistics researcher who has studied a number of Indo-Aryan languages.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ As the brutally slow process of digitizing Tulu continues unfolding, its speakers remain caught in the middle. Like many languages around the world, Tulu, which is spoken by around 1.8 million, might soon disappear: UNESCO identifies it as one of 192 languages from India that are “in danger.” ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Click the link in our bio to read the full story.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #tulu #unicode #tuluscript #india #indialanguage #indianlanguage #language #endangeredlanguage #india #indiatech #unesco