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.