Attapady Kurumba, also called Pal Kurumba, is an unclassified
Southern Dravidian language spoken by a
Scheduled tribe
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of
India
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. It shows only approximately 50%
lexical similarity
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with the other South Dravidian languages named
Kurumba, but up to 82% with
Muduga and 52% with Kannada Kurumba; Attapady Kurumba,
Muduga, and
Irula each use their mother tongue when speaking to each other. Thudukki variety of Attapady Kurumba is reportedly most pure.
References
Dravidian languages
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