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Jennu Kurumba language

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Native to
  
India

ISO 639-3
  
xuj – Jen Kurumba

Native speakers
  
35,000 (1997)

Glottolog
  
jenn1240  (Jennu)

Region
  
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Language family
  
Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Kodagu Jennu Kurumba

Jennu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jennu Kurumba tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jennu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad destrict of Kerala.

References

Jennu Kurumba language Wikipedia


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