Attapady Kurumba language explained

Attapady Kurumba language should not be confused with Kurumba language.

Attapady Kurumba
States:India
Date:1991 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Dravidian
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Southern I
Fam4:Tamil–Kannada
Fam5:Tamil–Kota
Fam6:Tamil–Toda
Fam7:Tamil–Irula
Fam8:Irula–Muduga
Fam9:Muduga–Palu
Script:Malayalam script
Iso3:pkr
Glotto:atta1243
Glottorefname:Attapady Kurumba

Attapady Kurumba, also called Pal Kurumba or Palu Kurumba, is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India. It shows only approximately 50% lexical similarity with the other South Dravidian languages named Kurumba, but up to 82% with Muduga and 52% with Kannada Kurumba; Attapady Kurumba, Muduga, and Irula each use their mother tongue when speaking to each other. Thudukki variety of Attapady Kurumba is reportedly most pure.