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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Kudiya

Kudiya

A language of India

ISO 639-3kfg

Population  2,800 (2007).
Region  Karnataka, Kodagu, Dakshina, Kannada districts; Kerala, Kannur, Kasargod districts; Tamil Nadu.
Alternate names   Male Kudiya
Classification  Dravidian, Southern, Tulu
Language use  Also use Tulu [tcy], Kodagu [kfa], Kannada [kan], or Malayalam [mal].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 48% for Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka; 63% for Kudiya in Kerala, 65% in Tamil Nadu.
Writing system  Kannada script. Malayalam script.
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion mixed with Hindu.