Betta Kurumba | |
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Beṭṭa Kurumba (பெட்டா குறும்ப) | |
Native to | India |
Region | Nilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala) |
Native speakers
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32,000 (2003) |
Dravidian
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Kannada script. Malayalam script. Tamil script. | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | bett1235 |
The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language related to Tamil, Kannada and Kodava, 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.