Kumbaran language

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Kumbaran
Native to	India
Native speakers	10,000 (2004)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I (unclassified) Kumbaran
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wkb`
Glottolog	`kumb1267`

Kumbaran is an unclassified Southern Dravidian language spoken by a Scheduled Caste of India.

References

^ Kumbaran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Dravidian languages

Tamil–Kannada

Kannada
- Badaga

Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Badaga

Toda-Kota

Kodagu

Kodava
Urali

Irula

Tamil -
Malayalam

Tamiloid	Tamil Jaffnese Sankethi Thigala Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Arabi Malayalam Byari Jeseri Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

Tuluic

Others

South-Central

Gondi-Kui

Gondoid	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
Konda-Kui	Konda Kui Kuvi Manda Pengo

Central

Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
Parji–Gadaba	Duruwa Kondekor Ollari

Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
Brahui

Proto-languages

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)