Alu Kurumba language

Alu Kurumba
Native to	India
Region	Tamil Nadu
Native speakers	2,500 (1997)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Kodagu Alu Kurumba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xua – Alu Kurumba
Glottolog	aluk1238  (Alu)[2]

Alu Kurumba, also known as Hal Kurumba or alternatively Pal Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Alu Kurumba tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Alu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

References

1. Alu Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Alu Kurumba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.