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
Native toIndia
RegionKarnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Native speakers
100,000 (2011 census)
Dravidian
Writing system
Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xuj
Glottologjenn1240  Jennu
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