Betta Kurumba language

The Betta Kurumba language (Beṭṭa Kurumba) is a Dravidian language closely related to Kannada and Tamil,^[1][2] 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”.

Betta Kurumba
ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಕುರುಬ வேட்டை குறும்பர்
Native to	India
Region	Nilgiri mountains (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala)
Native speakers	32,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Badaga–Kannada Kannadoid Betta Kurumba
Writing system	Kannada script Malayalam script Tamil script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xub
Glottolog	bett1235
ELP	Betta Kurumba

See also

• Kuruba
• Kurumba languages
• Dravidian languages
• List of languages by number of native speakers in India
• Languages of South Asia