Jenu Kurumba language
| Jenu Kurumba | |
|---|---|
| ஜென்னு குரும்பா | |
| Native to | India | 
| Region | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala | 
| Native speakers | 100,000 (2011 census) | 
| Dravidian
 
 | |
| Tamil script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xuj | 
| Glottolog | jenn1240Jennu | 
Jenu Kurumba, also known as Jen Kurumba or Jennu Kurumba, is a Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by the Jenu Kuruba/Kattunayakan tribe. It is often considered to constitute a dialect of Kannada; however, Ethnologue classifies it as a separate language. Jenu Kurumba speakers are situated on the Nilgiri Hills cross-border area between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka, and Wayanad district of Kerala. The speakers of the language call it "nama basha" (transl. our language).