Badaga language

Badaga
Badaga
படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ
Native to	India
Region	The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
Ethnicity	Badaga
Native speakers	134,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Badaga–Kannada Badaga; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bfq
Glottolog	bada1257
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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