Editing Tulu language (section)

==Classification==
{{Main|Dravidian languages}}
Tulu belongs to the southern branch of the family of [[Dravidian languages]]. It was the first branch to split from Proto-South Dravidian,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dravidian languages - Nonliterary languages {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dravidian-languages/Nonliterary-languages|access-date=2022-01-27|website=www.britannica.com|language=en|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127161444/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dravidian-languages/Nonliterary-languages|url-status=live}}</ref> which in turn descends from [[Proto-Dravidian]]. Tulu shares many features with the central Dravidian languages. Therefore, in earlier branchings, Tulu was sometimes grouped with them; later, it was confirmed that it is from South Dravidian and that it was the first to split from it.{{sfnp|Krishnamurti|2003|p=24, 214}}