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Badaga language
Badaga
(
Tamil
: படகா,
Kannada
: ಬಡಗ ) is a southern
Dravidian language
(
Old Kannada language
branch) spoken by approximately 400,000 people in the
Nilgiri Hills
of
Tamil Nadu
. It is known for its
retroflex vowels
. It has similarities with neighbouring
Kannada language
and it was earlier considered as a dialect of Kannada and now identified as an independent language. The word Badaga refers to the Badaga language as well as the
Badaga indigenous people
who speak it.
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