Jennu Kurumba
Jennu Kurumba is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
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Jenu Kurumba (IPA: [d͡ʒeːnu kurumbɐ]), also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jenu Kuruba/Kattunayakan tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jenu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad district of Kerala. The speakers of the language call it "nama basha" (transl. our language).
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Words in Jennu Kurumba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | es3r* | |
| eye | kan* | |
| ear | kivi* | |
| nose | muk* | |
| tooth | 3ll* | |
| tongue | nalage* | |
| blood | ratt3* | |
| bone | mule* | |
| skin | saksl3* | |
| knee | ard* | |
| breast | mor3* | |
| water | nir3* | |
| fire | binki* | |
| sun | sury3* | |
| star | taraki* | |
| stone | kal* | |
| tree | mar3* | |
| leaf | ale* | |
| night | ratr3* | |
| dog | nay* | |
| fish | min* | |
| louse | en* | |
| one | ond* | |
| two | erd* | |
| I | nan* | |
| you | nin* | |
| we | naN* | |
| drink | kudix* | |
| see | nod* | |
| die | say* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- MuthuvanDravidian94% alike
- Korra KoragaDravidian94% alike
- Kota (India)Dravidian94% alike
- TuluDravidian93% alike
- Irula of the NilgiriDravidian92% alike
- MudugaDravidian92% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · jenn1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xuj