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Preferred term

bfqBadaga  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Badaga language (Badaga: படக பாஷை ,, ) is a southern Dravidian language (Tamil–Kannada branch) spoken by approximately 400,000 people (the Badagas) in the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. It is known for its retroflex vowels. The word Badaga refers to the Badaga language as well as the Badaga community/tribe. The Badagas were the Kannada speaking people from Mysore in Karnataka state, India.

Entry terms

  • Badaga language

ISO 639-3 code

  • bfq

Notation

  • bfq

In other languages

  • Badaga

    German

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bfq

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