Alu Kurumba language

{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language of India}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Alu Kurumba

|nativename = {{lang|xua|ஆலுக் குறும்பா}}

|states = India

|region = Tamil Nadu

|speakers = 2,400

|date = 2019

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Dravidian

|fam2 = Southern

|fam3 = Southern I

|fam4 = Tamil–Kannada

|fam5 = Badaga–Kannada

|fam6 = Kannadoid

|iso3=xua

|glotto=aluk1238

|glottorefname=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|date=January 2023|reason="Alu Kurumba" is not mentioned on the Kuruba page at all.}} 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.