Ethnologue

Badaga

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Badag, Badagu, Baduga, Badugu, Vadagu

Autonym

Badaga, ಬಡಗ‎ (Badaga)

Population

135,000 (2001 census).

Location

Kerala state: Malappuram district; Tamil Nadu state: Nilgiris district, Kunda hills, 200 villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Used as L2 by Irula [iru], Kota [kfe].

Language Development

Radio. Dictionary. NT: 1999.

Language Resources

Writing

Badaga script [Qabq], in development. Kannada script [Knda], no longer in use. Latin script [Latn]. Tamil script [Taml], used since 2009.

Other Comments

Hindu, Christian, traditional religion.