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Jenu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jenu Kuruba/ Kattunayakan tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of
Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
; however, '' Ethnologue'' classifies it as a separate language. Jenu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
, Mysore and Kodagu districts of
Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
, and Wayanad district of
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
. The speakers of the language call it "nama basha" ().


See also

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Betta Kurumba language The Betta Kurumba language (''Beṭṭa Kurumba'') is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language closely related to Kannada language, Kannada and Tamil language, Tamil, and is spoken by 32,000 people in the Nilgiri mountains and in adjoining areas ...
* Alu Kurumba language *
Dravidian languages The Dravidian languages are a language family, family of languages spoken by 250 million people, primarily in South India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan, with pockets elsewhere in South Asia. The most commonly spoken Dravidian l ...
* List of languages by number of native speakers in India * Languages of South Asia


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* {{Languages spoken in Kerala Tamil languages Languages of Kerala Jenu Kurumba