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 the 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
