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- All Badagas — and only Badagas — speak Badaga, or more correctly Badugu, a Dravidian Language. It is now a distinct language, but it was originally derived from sixteenth-century Kannada (or Canarese), which belongs to the South Dravidian Subfamily. Today it contains many words of English and Tamil origin, as well as many from Sanskrit.
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Badaga can also be written in the Kannada script and Tamil script. Linguistic documentation. Badaga has been studied and documented by linguists. Several Badaga-English Dictionaries have been produced since the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Badaga is a Southern Dravidian language spoken in southern Indian, particularly in the Malappuram district of Kerala state, and in the Kunda hills in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu state. In 2011 there were about 134,000 speakers of Badaga, which is also known as Badag, Badagu, Baduga, Badugu or Vadagu. It is closely related to Kannada.
Apr 4, 2024 · Baḍaga, any member of the largest tribal group living in the Nīlgiri Hills of Tamil Nādu state in southern India. The Baḍaga have increased very rapidly, from fewer than 20,000 in 1871 to about 140,000 in the late 20th century. Their language is a Dravidian dialect closely akin to Kannada as spoken.
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Badaga in India. Size. 133,550. 2. Status. Official country wide language. Official regional language. Official minority language. Recognised community language. Unrecognised community language. National language. No. Indigenous language.
The name "Badaga" (northerner) was given to this group because they migrated from the plains of Mysore District, just to the north of the Nilgiri Hills, in the decades following the Muslim invasion that destroyed the great Hindu empire of Vijayanagar in A.D. 1565. Badaga is also a common name for the Gaudas, who are by far the largest phratry ...
Badaga is a Dravidian language spoken by about 140,000 people in southern India. The language belongs to the Tamil–Kannada branch of South Dravidian. It is relatively close to Kannada, a much larger language with 40 million speakers.
