Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Kurumba tribe. The Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language under Tamil-Kannada group.
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| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | 88,750 Kurumbar (2011 Census)[1] |
Native speakers | 24,189 (2011 census)[2] |
Language family | Dravidian
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Writing system | Tamil script |
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| ISO 639-3 | kfi |
| Glottolog | kann1253 |
Kurumba speakers are situated in Pudukkottai, Theni, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Vellore, and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu, in addition to areas of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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