Attapady Kurumba language

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

{{distinguish|Kurumba language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Attapady Kurumba

|nativename={{lang|pkr|അട്ടപ്പാടി കുറുംബ}}

|states=India

|ethnicity=

|speakers={{sigfig|1370|2}}

|date=1991 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Dravidian

| fam2 = Southern

| fam3 = Southern I

| fam4 = Tamil–Kannada

| fam5 = Tamil–Kota

| fam6 = Tamil–Toda

| fam7 = Tamil–Irula

| fam8 = Irula–Muduga

| fam9 = Muduga–Palu

|script= Malayalam script

|iso3=pkr

|glotto=atta1243

|glottorefname=Attapady Kurumba

}}

Attapady Kurumba, 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.