Kurumba language
| Kurumba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2000)[1] |
|
Dravidian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kfi – Kannada Kurumba |
| Glottolog |
kann1253[2] |
Kurumba, also known as Kannada Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Kuruba tribe. It is often considered a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language.
Geographical distribution
Kurumba speakers are situated in Teni, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Vellore, and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu, in addition to areas of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
References
- ↑ Kannada Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kannada Kurumba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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