Kurumba languages
Dravidian language spoken in southern India
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Native to | India |
Region | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala |
Ethnicity | 88,750 Kurumbar |
Language family | Dravidian
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Writing system | Tamil script, Kannada script, Malayalam script |
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ISO 639-3 | kfi |
Glottolog | kann1253 |
Kurumba (also known as Kuruba in Karnataka and Kuruma in Kerala), is a group of Southern Dravidian languages of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Kurumba tribes. Some of them are from different branches.[1]
Etymology
Classification
Kannadoid
- Alu Kurumba
- Betta Kurumba, also known as Urali Kurumba or Kadu Kurumba
- Jennu Kurumba, also known as Ten Kurumba or Kattunaika
Together they are known as Kannada Kurumba as they are similar to Kannada.[2]
Irulic
- Attapady Kurumba - also known as Palu Kurumba, a dialect of Muduga as they are mutually intelligible.
Malayalamoid
- Mullu Kurumba, also known as Mullu Kuruma
Geographical distribution
Kannadoid Kurumba languages are spoken at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border. Irulic and Malayalamoid Kurumba languages are spoken in Wayanad district of Kerala.
References
- "The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala A Sociolinguistic Profile" (PDF).
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)
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