‘Phonetics keyboard helpful for Tulu’

Mangaluru: USB phonetics keyboards simplify the computing of various languages based on the

Brahmi

script, including

Tulu

. It has already been successfully implemented in computing by many schools, said linguist Guruprasad.Speaking at a special lecture and interaction programme recently organised under the auspices of the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara

Tulu Peetha

of Mangalore University, and Tulu PG department of University Evening College, Guruprasad explained the purpose and function of the ‘Ka-naada phonetics’ company.Senior journalist

P B Harish Rai

said that a variety of linguistic movements have emerged in Tulunadu, and are still going on, but that Guruprasad, who is involved in a research movement that explored the foundations of Tulu linguistics, is a remarkable achiever. Tulu Peetha and PG department coordinator Madhava M K, in his presidential address, explained the structural work of the postgraduate department in Tulu.