Kurumba language

Not to be confused with Kurumba language (Burkina) or Attapady Kurumba language.

Kurumba
Native to	India
Region	Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
Native speakers	180,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Kodagu Kurumba
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, 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.

Dravidian languages

Southern

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

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

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