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Name: Kodagu
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Kodava; Coorge; Kadagi; Khurgi; Kotagu; Kurja; Kurug; Kodava Thak; Koḍagu
Spoken in: India
Number of speakers: 241,000 (Rajyashree 2001). Ethnic population: 100,000 in Kodagu District plus 100,000 in other districts of Karnataka and major cities of India (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 166187 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 122000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: kfa
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Dravidian (Elamo-Dravidian)
Parent Subgroup: Kodagu; Koḍagu-Kuṟumba (koda)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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