A language can be seen as a river of thoughts and expressions. Human thoughts, feelings, ideas, opinioins, etc take shape in the form of simple words that take flight with the use of language. Language takes deep root into our personality. Isnt it common to see people identifying themselves to a particular language and a culture so easily? It wouldn't be wrong to say that language interacts with every human being at a very deeper level. Remove language from our history and there wouldn't be any trace of history. The importance of language cannot go more higher than this.
Language is like a river, but in order to be alive, language needs to flow like the river. A river that does not flow is lifeless. There is a need for literature and art to add beauty and new dimension to language. This is where a script for a language becomes a need. Any language can appeal and speak to people when it has a distinct script of its own.
It is sad to note that a seperate Tulu script is not in common use today. Spoken Tulu language is more popular in Dakshina Kannada, Kasargod, Udupi and the surrounding places than its script. Tulu gets written in Kannada script even though Tulu has a seperate script which is not familiar to Tulu speakers. The unique Tulu script has remained in the domain of books and researchers in Tulu language. There is a need to bring out the script into the lives of the common people and popularise Tulu script. Moreover there must be simultaneous and ongoing efforts made to educate Tulu speakers and lovers to use it more and more. This would increase the beauty and the value of Tulu.
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