Alu Kurumba language explained

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.

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