The Betta Kurumba language (''Beṭṭa Kurumba'') is a
Dravidian
Dravidian, Dravidan, or Dravida may refer to:
Language and culture
*Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka
*Proto-Dravidian language, a model of the common ancestor of the Dravidian lang ...
language closely related to
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
,
Nilgiri mountains
The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...
and in adjoining areas in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...
, Karnataka and Kerala.
''Beṭṭa'' () means “hills” in Kannada language, Kannada and “Hunter” in Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
.
See also
*Kuruba
*Betta Kuruba
*Alu Kurumba
*Jennu Kurumba
*Dravidian languages
*List of languages by number of native speakers in India
*Languages of South Asia
Notes
References
*Coelho, Gail Maria (2003)
A Grammar of Betta Kurumba
(PDF).
*Coelho, Gail Maria (2018): Annotated Texts in Betta Kurumba. Brill.
External links
ELAR Open Access Archive
Tamil languages
Languages of Kerala
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