Attapady Kurumba | |
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Native to | India |
Native speakers | (1,400 cited 1991 census) [1] |
Dravidian
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Malayalam script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
pkr |
Glottolog |
atta1243 |
Attapady Kurumba, also called Pal Kurumba or Palu Kurumba, is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India. It shows only approximately 50% lexical similarity with the other South Dravidian languages named Kurumba, but up to 82% with Muduga and 52% with Kannada Kurumba; Attapady Kurumba, Muduga, and Irula each use their mother tongue when speaking to each other. Thudukki variety of Attapady Kurumba is reportedly most pure. [1]