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Kurumba: a language and community seeking visibility
The Kurumbas, an Adivasi community in Kerala numbering just 2,719, speak Kurumba, an oral language with no script. Because India’s Census groups languages spoken by fewer than 10,000 people under “others,” the language risks becoming invisible.
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