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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.

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.

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

1. "Glottolog 4.8 - Mullu Kurumba".
2. "Glottolog 4.8 - Kurumba, Kannada".

• "The Tribes of Palakkad, Kerala A Sociolinguistic Profile" (PDF).

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