Badaga
படக பாஷை
Badaga is a Dravidian language spoken in India, by about 134 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Badaga (IPA: [bɐɖɐɡɐ]) 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 influence from the Tamil language. Of all the tribal languages spoken in Nilgiris (Badaga, Toda language, Kota language), Badaga is the most spoken
language.
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Words in Badaga
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | alu* | |
| name | esaru* | |
| eye | kan* | |
| ear | kivi* | |
| nose | muku* | |
| tooth | alu* | |
| tongue | nalaNe* | |
| hand | kai* | |
| blood | netaru* | |
| bone | ilu* | |
| skin | Cakala* | |
| knee | kalumuti* | |
| breast | bosi* | |
| liver | iralu* | |
| water | ನೀರು | nīru |
| fire | ಕಿಚ್ಚು | kiccu |
| sun | ಸೂರಿಯ | sūriya |
| star | minu* | |
| stone | kalu* | |
| mountain | betu* | |
| tree | mora* | |
| leaf | ele* | |
| night | iru* | |
| dog | nayi* | |
| fish | minu* | |
| louse | henu* | |
| one | ondu* | |
| two | eradu* | |
| I | nanu* | |
| you | niNava* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Alu KurumbaDravidian49% alike
- Irula of the NilgiriDravidian40% alike
- KannadaDravidian39% alike
- Jennu KurumbaDravidian38% alike
- UllatanDravidian33% alike
- TamilDravidian32% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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