Coorgi

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Coorgi is an alternate name for the Kodava language spoken by the Kodava people of the Coorg (Kodagu) region in Karnataka, India.

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Coorgi canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language
alternateName Kodava language NERFINISHED
associatedWith Coorg region NERFINISHED
Kodava culture NERFINISHED
belongsToBranch Tamil–Kannada branch NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Kannada language NERFINISHED
Kodagu Kannada dialects NERFINISHED
Tulu language NERFINISHED
country India
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kodava people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution South India NERFINISHED
Western Ghats region NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Coorg NERFINISHED
Coorgi NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRole marker of Kodava identity
medium of traditional songs and dances
hasDialect standard Kodava
hasGlottocode koda1255
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature dravidian vowel system
retroflex consonants
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639_3Code kfa
languageFamily Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
nameInEnglish Coorgi NERFINISHED
nativeTo Kodagu region NERFINISHED
primarySpeakers Kodava people NERFINISHED
recognizedAs distinct language from Kannada by many linguists
region Coorg NERFINISHED
scriptUsage occasionally Latin script
primarily Kannada script
spokenIn India
Karnataka NERFINISHED
Kodagu district NERFINISHED
state Karnataka
subfamily Southern Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
usedBy Kodava diaspora communities
usedFor daily communication in Kodagu
folk songs
oral traditions
rituals
writingSystem Kannada script NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kodava alternateName Coorgi