Attapady Kurumba
Attapady Kurumba is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
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Attapady Kurumba (IPA: [ɐʈːɐpːaːɖi kurum(b)ɐ]), also called Pal Kurumba or Palu Kurumba, is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled tribe of India. It shows only approximately 50% lexical similarity with the other South Dravidian languages named Kurumba, but up to 82% with Muduga and 52% with Kannada Kurumba; Attapady Kurumba, Muduga, and Irula each use their mother tongue when speaking to each other. Thudukki variety of Attapady Kurumba is reportedly most pure.
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Words in Attapady Kurumba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | per3* | |
| eye | konn3* | |
| ear | kot3* | |
| nose | mukk3* | |
| tooth | poll3* | |
| tongue | noloNge* | |
| blood | Coro* | |
| bone | Elumb3* | |
| skin | tol3* | |
| water | 4ir3* | |
| fire | ti* | |
| sun | nero* | |
| star | bElli* | |
| stone | koll3* | |
| tree | moro* | |
| leaf | Ele* | |
| night | jamo* | |
| dog | noy* | |
| fish | min* | |
| one | ontr3* | |
| two | rad3* | |
| I | 4an3* | |
| you | ni* | |
| we | 4ommo* | |
| come | va* | |
| path | bottE* | |
| new | putiyot3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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