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Badaga

Badaga

9.9
A form of Kannada spoken by people in the Nilgiri Hills
  • noun
: Badaga
  • Researchers documented folktales in Badaga to help preserve the dialect.

Examples

  • She learned to speak Badaga after moving to the Nilgiri Hills.

  • The Badaga language preserves unique words not found in standard Kannada.

  • Can you speak Badaga?

  • The Badaga language is unique among Dravidian dialects.

  • Researchers documented folktales in Badaga to help preserve the dialect.

  • She learned to speak Badaga after moving to the Nilgiri Hills.

  • The Badaga language preserves unique words not found in standard Kannada.

Surface Forms

Badaga singular
Badagas plural

Etymology

Badaga also names the local dialect the Badaga people speak, so the language simply takes the people's name and helps keep their culture and stories alive.