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Kurumbas
Native to	India
Region	Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
Ethnicity	88,750 Kurumbar
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Kurumbas
Writing system	Tamil script, Kannada script, Malayalam script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kfi`
Glottolog	`kann1253`

Kurumbas-Nilgiris (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 Kurumbas tribes. Some of them are from different branches.^[1]

Etymology

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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).

Dravidian languages

South

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Badaga

Toda-Kota

Toda

Kota

Kodagu

Kodava
Urali

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Jaffnese Sankethi Thigala Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Jeseri Arabi Malayalam (Mappila Malayalam) Byari Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tulu-Koraga

Others

South-Central

Teluguic

Gondi-Kui

Gondi	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

North

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Proto-languages

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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