Badaga

Also known as Badaga language, bfq

southern Dravidian language (Tamil–Kannada branch) spoken mostly by people in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India

Key facts

Native to: India
Region: Tamil Nadu ( The Nilgiris )
Ethnicity: Badaga
Native speakers: 134,000 (2011 census)
Language family: Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil – Kannada Kannada–Badaga Badaga
Writing system: Tamil Badaga Kannada
Iso 639 3: bfq
Glottolog: bada1257

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 134000
Wikimedia language code: bfq

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Badaga ( IPA: [bɐɖɐɡɐ]) is a southern Dravidian language spoken by the Badaga people of the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. The language is closely related to the Kannada language with influence from the Tamil language. Of all the tribal languages spoken in Nilgiris (Badaga, Toda language, Kota language (India)), Badaga is the most spoken language.

Origins