Betta Kurumba language

The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil,[3][4] and is spoken by 32,000 people in the Nilgiri mountains and in adjoining areas in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Beṭṭa (ಬೆಟ್ಟ) means “hills” in Kannada.

Betta Kurumba
Beṭṭa Kurumba (பெட்டா குறும்ப)
Native toIndia
RegionNilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala)
Native speakers
32,000 (2003)[1]
Dravidian
Kannada script. Malayalam script. Tamil script.
Language codes
ISO 639-3xub
Glottologbett1235
ELPBetta Kurumba[2]

See also

Notes

  1. Betta Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Betta Kurumba.
  3. "Betta Kurumba". Ethnologue-languages of the world. SIL International.
  4. Shapiro, Michael C.; Schiffman, Harold F. (1981). Language and Society in South Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 101. ISBN 9788120826076.

References

ELAR Open Access Archive


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