Kodava Takk
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Kodava Takk (literally Kodava language), is the original language of the south Karnataka district of Kodagu. The language is often called Coorgi or Coorg language in English. The number of speakers is estimated at around 300,000. It is the primary language of Kodavas, but a large portion of other communities and tribes in Kodagu also use Kodava Thakk. It belongs to the Dravidian languages family, and is related to and influenced by Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam.
Kodava Takk also has words which do not sound similar to words in other Indian languages. Kodava Takk has no written script and usually Kannada script is used to write it.
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- R A Cole, "An Elementary Grammar of the Coorg Language"
