Tulu is a language spoken by around 2 million native speakers mainly in the south west part of Indian state of Karnataka and in the Kasaragod district. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. Separated early from Proto-South Dravidian, Tulu has several features not found in Tamil–Kannada. For example, it has the pluperfect and the future perfect, like French or Spanish, but formed without an auxiliary verb. One of the Oldest language, but it has still not been added in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.