Badaga language
| Badaga | |
|---|---|
| படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ | |
 The word "Badugu" written in Badagu script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Tamil Nadu (The Nilgiris) |
| Ethnicity | Badaga |
Native speakers | 134,000 (2011 census) |
Dravidian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfq |
| Glottolog | bada1257 |
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 (India)), Badaga is the most spoken language.