Kurumba: a language and community fighting for visibility

The Kurumbas of Keralam are an Adivasi community with a population of only 2,719 as of 2024, who speak Kurumba, an oral language without a script; with the Census classifying languages with fewer than 10,000 speakers as ‘others’, the future of the language appears bleak

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The Kurumbas of Keralam are an Adivasi community with a population of only 2,719 as of 2024, who speak Kurumba, an oral language without a script; with the Census classifying languages with fewer than 10,000 speakers as ‘others’, the future of the language…

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