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{{Infobox language<br />
|name = Kurumba<br />
|states = [[India]]<br />
|region = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
|ethnicity = [[Kurumbar (tribe)|Kurumbar]]<br />
|speakers = 24,189<br />
|date = 2011 census<br />
|ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref><br />
|familycolor = Dravidian<br />
|fam2 = [[Southern Dravidian languages|Southern]]<br />
|fam3 = [[Tamil–Kannada language|Tamil–Kannada]]<br />
|fam4 = [[Tamil–Kodagu languages|Tamil–Kodagu]]<br />
|fam5 = Kodagu<br />
|iso3=kfi<br />
|script= [[Tamil script]]<br />
|glotto=kann1253 <br />
|glottorefname=Kurumba, Kannada<!-- Actual name of referenced Glottolog page --><br />
}}<br />
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'''Kurumba''', also known as '''Kannada Kurumba''', is a [[Southern Dravidian languages|Southern]] [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] of the [[Tamil–Kannada language|Tamil–Kannada]] subgroup spoken by the [[Kurumba (tribe)|Kurumba]] tribe. It is often considered a dialect of [[Kannada language|Kannada]]; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language.<br />
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==Geographical distribution==<br />
Kurumba speakers are situated in Pudukkottai, [[Theni district|Teni]], [[Dindigul district|Dindigul]], [[Coimbatore district|Coimbatore]], [[Dharmapuri district|Dharmapuri]], [[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]], [[Vellore district|Vellore]], and [[Salem district|Salem]] districts of [[Tamil Nadu]], in addition to areas of [[Karnataka]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Dravidian languages]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Kerala]]<br />
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