Jenu Kurumba language
Jenu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jennu Kurumba/Kattunayakan tribe. 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" (transl. our language).
Jenu Kurumba | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2011 census) |
Dravidian
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Writing system | Tamil script |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xuj |
Glottolog | jenn1240 Jennu |
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