Alu Kurumba | |
States: | India |
Region: | Tamil Nadu |
Speakers: | 2,400 |
Date: | 2019 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Dravidian |
Fam2: | Southern |
Fam3: | Southern I |
Fam4: | Tamil–Kannada |
Fam5: | Badaga–Kannada |
Fam6: | Kannadoid |
Iso3: | xua |
Glotto: | aluk1238 |
Glottorefname: | Alu Kurumba |
Alu Kurumba, also known as Hal Kurumba or alternatively Pal Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Alu Kurumba tribal people. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Alu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.