Betta Kurumba language

Betta Kurumba
Beṭṭa Kurumba (பெட்டா குறும்ப)
Native to	India
Region	Nilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala)
Native speakers	32,000 (2003)^[1]
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`^[2]

The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language related to Tamil, Kannada and Kodava,^[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.

Notes

↑ Betta Kurumba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Betta Kurumba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ "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.

Southern

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

Languages spoken in Kerala

Non-tribal languages	Malayalam Tamil Tulu Kannada Konkani

Tribal languages	Allar Aranadan Mannan Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Paliyan Paniya Ravula Eravallan Irula Kanikkaran Betta Kurumba Muthuvan Yerukula Mannan Kodava Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Urali Wayanad Chetti Korra Koraga Mudu Koraga Bellari Kudiya Mala Malasar Malasar Thachanadan Ullatan Kalanadi Kumbaran Kunduvadi Attapady Kurumba Muduga Pathiya Toda Kota

Other languages and creoles	Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Cochin Indo-Portuguese Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Tellicherry Indo-Portuguese Quilon Indo-Portuguese Vypin Indo-Portuguese

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