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 tribal people.[citation needed] 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.
See also
- Betta Kurumba language
- Jennu Kurumba language
- Dravidian languages
- List of languages by number of native speakers in India
- Languages of South Asia
References
- ^ Alu Kurumba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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