Jenu Kurumba (Template:Ipa), also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jenu Kuruba/Kattunayakan tribe.Template:Citation needed It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jenu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad district of Kerala. The speakers of the language call it "nama basha" (Template:Translation).[1]
See also
- Betta Kurumba language
- Alu Kurumba language
- Dravidian languages
- List of languages by number of native speakers in India
- Languages of South Asia
References
- ↑ Indigenous People's Plan: Kattunayakans. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
Sources
- Jēnu Kuṟumba: Brief Report on a "Tribal" Language of the Nilgiri Area. Journal of the American Oriental Society.
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