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Betta Kurumba
Beṭṭa Kurumba (பெட்டா குறும்ப)
Native toIndia
RegionNilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala)
Native speakers
32,000 (2003)[1]
Dravidian
Kannada script. Malayalam script. Tamil script.
Language codes
ISO 639-3xub
Glottologbett1235
ELPBetta 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

  1. ^ Betta Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Betta Kurumba". Ethnologue-languages of the world. SIL International.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Michael C.; Schiffman, Harold F. (1981). Language and Society in South Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 101. ISBN 9788120826076.

References

ELAR Open Access Archive