| Alu Kurumba | |
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| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2019)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | xua |
| Glottolog | aluk1238 |
| ELP | Alu Kurumba |
Alu Kurumba, also known as Hal Kurumba or alternatively Pal Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Alu Kurumba tribal people.[citation needed] It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Alu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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