tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post7007309353095041909..comments2024-03-17T13:31:15.327+05:30Comments on TuLu Research & Studies: 331. Munder, Mundkur, Munda Villages.Ravindra Mundkurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073231068374498281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post-61055525936345546072014-02-20T13:03:13.487+05:302014-02-20T13:03:13.487+05:30Yes. Our forefathers (let us say, Tulu communities...Yes. Our forefathers (let us say, Tulu communities) have been admixed or assimilated to certain degrees with Munda (Austro-Asiatic) tribes in the remote past. The basic strong evidence in favour of this theory is the survival of Munda- suggestive surnames (bari) among all Tulu castes of present day. Of course detailed systematic genetic studies if carried out can prove this theory further.<br />Many of the Tulu words seems to have been borrowed from the earlier Munda tribes. For example, the name of the first Tulu month (ie. in Tulu calender) "Paggu" comes from Munda language.Ravindra Mundkurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073231068374498281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post-77008010571052186932014-02-19T18:40:48.704+05:302014-02-19T18:40:48.704+05:30I appreciate your effort wholeheartedly, at gettin...I appreciate your effort wholeheartedly, at getting many youngsters like me acquainted with my roots. You have always been making references to people from Austro asiatic origins, if so then are our forefathers in any way related to this particular race, I would like to know this in depth. <br />-Madhavi PujariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com