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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language of India}}<br />
{{Infobox language<br />
|name = Alu Kurumba<br />
|nativename = {{lang|xua|ஆலுக் குறும்பா}}<br />
|states = [[India]]<br />
|region = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|speakers = 2,400<br />
|date = 2019<br />
|ref = e25<br />
|familycolor = Dravidian<br />
|fam2 = Southern<br />
|fam3 = [[South Dravidian languages|Southern I]]<br />
|fam4 = Tamil–[[Kannada dialects|Kannada]]<br />
|fam5 = [[Kannada dialects|Badaga–Kannada]]<br />
|fam6 = Kannadoid<br />
|iso3=xua<br />
|glotto=aluk1238<br />
|glottorefname=Alu Kurumba<br />
}}<br />
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'''Alu Kurumba''' ({{ipa|xua|aːlu kurumbɐ|ipa}}), also known as '''Hal Kurumba''' or alternatively '''Pal Kurumba''', is a [[Southern Dravidian languages|Southern]] [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] of the [[Tamil–Kannada language|Tamil–Kannada]] subgroup spoken by the [[Kurumba (tribe)|Alu Kurumba]] tribal people.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023|reason="Alu Kurumba" is not mentioned on the Kuruba page at all.}} It is often considered to constitute a dialect of [[Kannada Language|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]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Betta Kurumba language]]<br />
*[[Jennu Kurumba language]]<br />
*[[Dravidian languages]]<br />
*[[List of languages by number of native speakers in India]]<br />
*[[Languages of South Asia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
{{Languages of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Tamil languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Kerala]]<br />
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