Back বডাগা ভাষা Bengali/Bangla Badageg Breton Badaga-ngṳ̄ CDO Badaga German Badagan kieli Finnish Badaga French באדאגה (שפה) HE बदगा भाषा Hindi Badaga jezik Croatian Bahasa Badaga ID
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| Badaga | |
|---|---|
| படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu |
| Ethnicity | Badaga |
Native speakers | 134,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Dravidian
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| Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfq |
| Glottolog | bada1257 |
Badaga 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 heavy influence from Tamil language.[2] Of all the tribal languages spoken in Nilgiris (Badaga, Toda language, Kota language (India)), Badaga is the most spoken language.
- ^ Badaga at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Hockings, Paul (2004), "Badaga", in Ember, Carol R.; Ember, Melvin (eds.), Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures Volume I: Topics Volume II: Cultures, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 572–578, doi:10.1007/0-387-29905-x_57, ISBN 978-0-387-29905-1
