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Attapady Kurumba language

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Source revisionFeb 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ16835180 ↗
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Attapady Kurumba (IPA: [ɐʈːɐpːaːɖi kurum(b)ɐ]), 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.

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Further reading

Shyam, S. K.; Ravindran, P.N.; Syama, C.G. (2017). Descriptive Grammar of Muduga and Kurumba. Calicut: KIRTADS (Kerala Institute for Research Training & Development studies). pp. 107–308 (Kurumba language).

Kapp, Dieter B. (2019). Pālu-Kuṟumba: Grammatik, Textproben und Wörterbuch.

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