Kurumba, Mullu
A language of India
| Population | 26,000 (2004). 25,000 in Wayanad and 1,000 in Gudalur of Nilgiri. |
| Region | Kerala, east Wayanad District, Sulthan Bathery and Vythiri tahsils; Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri District, west Gudalur tahsil, Erumad and Cherangodu villages, 10 hamlets. |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 89%–92% between Mullu Kurumba varieties in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, 73%–77% with Malayalam [mal], 56%–65% with Tamil [tam], 22%–36% with Kannada Kurumba [kfi], 29%–41% with other Kurumba languages. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Kodagu |
| Language use | Use is declining. Home, village, religious services. Positive attitude. Most also use Malayalam. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Favorable motivation toward literacy. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Mullukuruman and Mullukurumbar are sometimes referred to as different tribes. Kuruman are in Kerala and Kurumbar in Tamil Nadu. Linguistically can be considered one group. Agriculturalists, wage laborers. Hindu. |
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