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Jenu Kurumba
ஜென்னு குரும்பா
Native to	India
Region	Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Native speakers	100,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Badaga–Kannada Kannadoid Jenu Kurumba
Writing system	Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xuj`
Glottolog	`jenn1240` Jennu

Jenu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jenu Kuruba/Kattunayakan tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jenu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad district of Kerala. The speakers of the language call it "nama basha" (transl. our language).

References

Jenu Kurumba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
"Indigenous People's Plan: Kattunayakans" (PDF). Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

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

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Sankethi 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

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

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

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

v t e Languages of Tamil Nadu
Main languages	Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam
Tribal languages	Mannan Kadar Malaryan Malavedan Paliyan Paniya Ravula Eravallan Irula Kanikkaran language Betta Kurumba language Muthuvan Yerukula Mannan Kodava Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Urali Malasar Thachanadan Ullatan Pathiya Toda language Kota language
Other languages and creoles	Thanjavur Marathi Saurashtra
Related topics	Dravidian languages Languages of India Languages of Sri Lanka Languages of South Asia
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v t e Languages of Kerala
Non-tribal languages	Arabi Malayalam Kannada Konkani Malayalam Tamil Telugu Tulu
Tribal languages	Allar Bellari Eravallan Irula Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kodava Koraga Kota Kudiya Kumbaran Kunduvadi Kurumba Attapady Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Malapandaram Malaryan Malasar Mala Malasar Malavedan Mannan Muduga Muthuvan Paliyan Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Toda Ullatan Urali Wayanad Chetti Yerukala
Other languages and creoles	Aranadan Beary Cannanore Portuguese creole Cochin Portuguese creole English Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam
Related topics	Dravidian languages Languages of India Languages of South Asia
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