Tulu Bible History (3)

**List: Tulu Ministry the Bible ( the Bible ) Tulu... TULU, OR TULUVU. "I.--GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT AND STATISTICS. TULUVU is the ancient and proper dialect of the long narrow tract of land now called Canara, situated westward of the Mysore, between the range of the western Ghauts and the ocean.   Canara extends about 180 miles along the coast, and comprehends 7,720 square miles.   Its inhabitants, in point of number, amount to 1,056,000, of whom about one-fifth are Brahmins, and the proportion of Jains and of Muss_lmans is also rather considerable.   Owing to the long subjection of Canara to Karnata princes, the Karnata, or Canarese, language is now chiefly spoken by the higher orders of the population in that province; Tuluvu, however, still continues the vernacular of the common people, especially in South Canara.   The number of individuals who employ the Tuluvu language has been estimated at 150,000. II.--CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LANGUAGE.    The Tuluvu in idiom and structure closely resembles the Malayalim language, and is written in the same character.   It contains, however, a great many Mahratta, Gujerattee, Telinga, Canarese, and Tamul words. III.--VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES IN THIS LANGUAGE.    In 1834, a my. station was established at Mangalore, the capital of Canara, by the German My. Society; and some progress was shortly afterwards made under the patronage of that society, in the translation of the New Testament into the vernacular dialect of the province.   In 1844 the Gospel and Epistles of St. John, and the Acts, translated by Mr. Ammann, and the Epistle of St. James, translated by Mr. Griener of Mangalore, were lithographed at the mission-press of that station.   The editions consisted of from 350 to 400 copies of each book.   The entire New Testament has since been translated and printed in Tuluvu, under the direction of the mies. of the Basle Society, who have made this province one of their special fields of labour.   We do not possess any direct information respecting the results that have ensued."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only]

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