Badaga language
| Badaga | |
|---|---|
| படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu (The Nilgiris), Kerala (Palakkad) |
| Ethnicity | Badaga |
Native speakers | 134,000 (2011 census) |
Dravidian
| |
| Tamil, Kannada, Badaga | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfq |
| Glottolog | bada1257 |
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. Of all the tribal languages spoken in Nilgiris (Badaga, Toda language, Kota language (India)), Badaga is the most spoken language.