The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language closely related to Kannada and Tamil, 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 kurumba (ಕುರುಬ) means “shepherd”.
See also
- Kuruba
- Kurumba languages
- Dravidian languages
- List of languages by number of native speakers in India
- Languages of South Asia
Notes
References
- Coelho, Gail Maria (2003): A Grammar of Betta Kurumba (PDF).
- Coelho, Gail Maria (2018). Annotated Texts in Betta Kurumba. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-9004378223.
Further reading
External links
- ELAR Open Access Archive
