Jennu Kurumba language

Jennu Kurumba
Jennu Kurumba
Native to	India
Region	Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Native speakers	(35,000 cited 1997)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Kodagu Jennu Kurumba; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xuj
Glottolog	jenn1240 Jennu

Jennu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jennu Kurumba tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jennu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad district of Kerala.

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^ Jennu Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e18-1] Jennu Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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v t Languages of Tamil Nadu
Main languages	Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam
Tribal languages	Mannan Kadar Malaryan Malavedan Paliyan Paniya Ravula Eravallan Irula Kanikkaran language Betta Kurumba language Muthuvan Yerukula Mannan Kodava Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Urali Malasar Thachanadan Ullatan Pathiya Toda language Kota language
Other languages and creoles	Thanjavur Marathi Saurashtra
Related topics	Languages of India Languages of Sri Lanka
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v t Languages spoken in Kerala
Non-tribal languages	Arabi Malayalam Kannada Konkani Malayalam Tamil Telugu Tulu
Tribal languages	Allar Bellari Eravallan Irula Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kodava Koraga Kota Kudiya Kumbaran Kunduvadi Kurumba Attapady Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Malapandaram Malaryan Malasar Mala Malasar Malavedan Mannan Muduga Muthuvan Paliyan Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Toda Ullatan Urali Wayanad Chetti Yerukala
Other languages and creoles	Aranadan Beary Cannanore Portuguese creole Cochin Portuguese creole Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam
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Jennu Kurumba language

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