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Also known as Kodava language

lingua dravidica

Key facts

Pronunciation
[ koɖɐʋɐ t̪ɐkːɨ ]
Native to
India
Region
Kodagu
Ethnicity
Kodava
Native speakers
113,857 (2011 census)
Language family
Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Tamil– Kannada Tamil– Kota Tamil– Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava– Urali Kodava
Writing system
Kodava Lipi ( Official ) Kannada script Coorgi-Cox alphabet Tamil script Malayalam script Thirke script ( archaic )
Regulated by
Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy
Iso 639 3
kfa
Glottolog
koda1255
Elp
Kodagu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Tamil–Kannada
Country
India
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writing system
Kannada script
number of speakers, writers, or signers
200000
linguistic typology
agglutinative language
topic's main category
Category:Kodava Takk
indigenous to
Kerala
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