Betta Kurumba language
Appearance
Betta Kurumba | |
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Beṭṭa Kurumba (பெட்டா குறும்ப) | |
Native to | India |
Region | Nilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala) |
Native speakers | 32,000 (2003)[1] |
Dravidian
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Kannada script. Malayalam script. Tamil script. | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xub |
Glottolog | bett1235 |
ELP | Betta Kurumba |
The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language related to Tamil, Kannada and Kodava,[2][3] and is spoken by 32,000 people in the Nilgiri mountains and in adjoining areas in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Beṭṭa (ಬೆಟ್ಟ) means “hills” in Kannada.
See also
Notes
- ^ Betta Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Betta Kurumba". Ethnologue-languages of the world. SIL International.
- ^ Shapiro, Michael C.; Schiffman, Harold F. (1981). Language and Society in South Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 101. ISBN 9788120826076.
References
- Coelho, Gail Maria (2003): A Grammar of Betta Kurumba (PDF).
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