Betta Kurumba language

Betta Kurumba
Betta Kurumba
வேட்டை குறும்பர்
Native to	India
Region	Nilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala)
Native speakers	32,000 (2003)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Tamil languages Betta Kurumba; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Kannada script; Malayalam script; Tamil script.
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xub
Glottolog	bett1235

The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil,^[2]^[3] 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 and “Hunter” in Tamil.

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

References[edit]

Coelho, Gail Maria (2003): A Grammar of Betta Kurumba (PDF).
Coelho, Gail Maria (2018): Annotated Texts in Betta Kurumba. Brill. ISBN 978-9004378223

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

[2] "Betta Kurumba". Ethnologue-languages of the world. SIL International.

[3] Shapiro, Michael C.; Schiffman, Harold F. (1981). Language and Society in South Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 101. ISBN 9788120826076.

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v t e 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 e 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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