Kodava language

Person	Koḍavanï
People	Koḍavarï
Language	Koḍava takkï
Country	Koḍagï

Kodava
Kodava
Coorg, Kodagu
ಕೊಡವ ತಕ್ಕ್ Koḍava takkï
	Kodava Thakk in Muthanna script or Kodava Lipi
Pronunciation	[koɖɐʋɐ t̪ɐkːɨ]
Native to	India
Region	Kodagu
Ethnicity	Kodava
Native speakers	113,857 (2011 census)
Language family	Dravidian South Dravidian South Dravidian I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Kodava; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Kodava Lipi (Official) Kannada script; Coorgi-Cox alphabet; Tamil script; Malayalam script; Thirke script (archaic);
Official status
Regulated by	Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kfa
Glottolog	koda1255
ELP	Kodagu
	Kodava is classified as Definitively Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kodava (Kodava: [koɖɐʋɐ], natively: Koḍava takkï, Kodava: [koɖɐʋɐ t̪ɐkːɨ], meaning 'speech of Kodavas', Anglicised name: Codava, Coorgi) is a Dravidian language spoken in Kodagu district (Coorg) in Southern Karnataka, India. It is an endangered language. The language has two dialects: Mendele (spoken in Northern and Central Kodagu, i.e. outside Kodagu's Kiggat naadu) and Kiggat (spoken in Kiggat naadu, in Southern Kodagu).

Historically, it has been associated to Old Canarese or Hale Kannada However, it has been re-analysed as a language by early 20th century academics. Now it is known to be more closely related to Malayalam, Tamil, and Tulu in comparative linguistics.

It is traditionally written using the thirke script which is an abugida.