Jenu Kurumba | |
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Native to | India |
Region | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2011 census) [1] |
Dravidian
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Tamil script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
xuj |
Glottolog |
jenn1240 Jennu |
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.[ citation needed] 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). [2]
Jenu Kurumba | |
---|---|
Native to | India |
Region | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2011 census) [1] |
Dravidian
| |
Tamil script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
xuj |
Glottolog |
jenn1240 Jennu |
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.[ citation needed] 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). [2]