Mullu Kurumba language
Mullu Kurumba is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup.
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Native to | India |
Region | Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2004)[1] |
Dravidian
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ISO 639-3 | kpb |
Glottolog | mull1244 [2] |
Geographical distribution
According to Ethnologue, approximately 25,000 Mullu Kurumba speakers are situated in the Sulthan Bathery and Vythiri tahsils in the Wayanad district of Kerala; and the remaining more than 1,000 are situated in Erumad and Cherangodu villages of the Gudalur Tahsil, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu.
References
- Mullu Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mullu Kurumba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) |
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