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Pālu Kuṟumba riddles: specimens of a south Dravidian tribal language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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1.l. From May 1974 to May 1976 I carried out field research in the Nilgiri Hills, South India, with the purpose of collecting materials on the languages, oral traditions, religious beliefs and practices, and customs of three tribal communities, the Ālu Kuṟumbas, the Pālu Kuṟumbas, and the Muḍugas.

In this paper I shall present some first specimens of the language and folklore of the hitherto nearly unknown Pālu Kuṟumba tribe.

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1978

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