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.
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