Mullu Kurumba language

Mullu Kurumba is a Southern Dravidian language closely related to Malayalam.

Mullu Kurumba
Native to	India
Region	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Native speakers	26,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Mullu Kurumba
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpb
Glottolog	mull1244

Geographical distribution

According to Ethnologue, approximately 25,000 Mullu Kurumba speakers are situated in the Sulthan Bathery and Vythiri tahsils in the Wayanad district of Kerala; and the remaining more than 1,000 are situated in Erumad and Cherangodu villages of the Gudalur Tahsil, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu.