The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil,[1][2] and is spoken by 32,000 people in the Nilgiri mountains and in adjoining areas in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Beṭṭa (Template:Lang) means “hills” in Kannada and “Hunter” in Tamil.
See also
- Kuruba
- Betta Kuruba
- Alu Kurumba
- Jennu Kurumba
- Dravidian languages
- List of languages by number of native speakers in India
- Languages of South Asia
Notes
- ↑ Betta Kurumba. Ethnologue-languages of the world. SIL International.
- ↑ Language and Society in South Asia{{#if:Shapiro|, Shapiro}. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers(1981). ISBN 9788120826076
References
- Coelho, Gail Maria (2003): A Grammar of Betta Kurumba (PDF).
- Coelho, Gail Maria (2018): Annotated Texts in Betta Kurumba. Brill. Template:ISBN
External links
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