Mullu Kurumba language
{{Short description|Southern Dravidian language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Mullu Kurumba
|states=India
|region=Kerala, Tamil Nadu
|speakers={{sigfig|26000|2}}
|date=2004
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Dravidian
| fam2 = Southern
| fam3 = Southern I
| fam4 = Tamil–Kannada
| fam5 = Tamil–Kota
| fam6 = Tamil–Toda
| fam7 = Tamil–Irula
| fam10 = Malayalamoid
| ancestor = Old Tamil
| ancestor2 = Middle Tamil
|iso3 = kpb
|glotto=mull1244
|glottorefname=Mullu Kurumba
}}
Mullu Kurumba is a Southern Dravidian language closely related to Malayalam.
Geographical distribution
According to Ethnologue, approximately 25,000 Mullu Kurumba speakers are situated in the Sulthan Bathery and Vythiri tahsils in the Wayanad district of Kerala; and the remaining more than 1,000 are situated in Erumad and Cherangodu villages of the Gudalur Tahsil, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu.
References
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