Editing Kodava language (section)

{{Short description|Dravidian language spoken in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Kodava
| altname          = Coorg, Kodagu
| nativename       = {{lang|kfa|ಕೊಡವ ತಕ್ಕ್}}  {{tlit|kfa|Koḍava takkï}}
| states           = [[India]]
| region           = [[Kodagu]]
| ethnicity        = [[Kodava people|Kodava]]
| speakers         = 113,857
| date             = 2011 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Dravidian
| fam2             = South Dravidian
| fam3             = [[South Dravidian languages|South Dravidian I]]
| fam4             = Tamil–[[Kannada dialects|Kannada]]
| fam5             = Tamil–[[Kota language (India)|Kota]]
| fam6             = Tamil–[[Toda language|Toda]]
| fam7             = Tamil–Irula
| fam8             = Tamil–Kodava–[[Urali language|Urali]]
| image            = 
| imagecaption     = 
| agency           = [[Kodava Sahitya Academy|Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy]]
| iso3             = kfa
| glotto           = koda1255
| glottorefname    = Kodava
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Kodava is classified as Definitively Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wal.unesco.org/countries/india/languages/kodava|title=Kodava in India {{!}} UNESCO WAL}}</ref>}}}}
| script           = Muthanna script, [[Kannada script]], [[Coorgi-Cox alphabet]], [[Tamil script]], [[Malayalam script]], [[Thirke script]] (archaic)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://starofmysore.com/discovering-alphabets-of-old-kodava-script/ | title=Discovering alphabets of old Kodava script | date=24 January 2022 }}</ref>
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|kfa|koɖɐʋɐ t̪ɐkːɨ|}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym
|person=Koḍavanï
|people=Koḍavarï
|language=Koḍava takkï
|country=Koḍagï
}}
{{Culture of Karnataka}}

The '''Kodava''' ({{IPA|kfa|koɖɐʋɐ|lang}}, natively: ''Koḍava takkï'', {{IPA|kfa|koɖɐʋɐ t̪ɐkːɨ|lang}}, meaning 'speech of Kodavas', Angloid name: Codava, '''[[Coorgi]]''') is a  [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] spoken in [[Kodagu district]] (Coorg) in Southern [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="Britannica Nonliterary">{{cite web |title=Dravidian languages - Nonliterary, South India, Tamil {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dravidian-languages/Nonliterary-languages#ref604282 |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=12 July 2024 |language=en |date=5 July 2024}}</ref> 
It is an endangered language.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Five Languages in Karnataka, Including Tulu Vanishing: Unesco|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=62360|access-date=2020-09-18|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref> The term '''Kodava''' has two related usages. Firstly, it is the name of the Kodava language and culture followed by a number of communities from [[Kodagu]]. Secondly, within the Kodava-speaking communities and region ([[Kodagu]]), it is a demonym for the dominant [[Kodava people]]. Hence, the Kodava language is not only the [[primary language]] of the Kodavas but also of many other castes and tribes in Kodagu. 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|Hale Kannada]]<ref name="Coorgi">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4VLY1KcltcC&q=Dialects+of+Kodagu&pg=PA122|title=The Madras Presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States|last=Thurston|first=Edgar|date=2011-06-16|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-60068-3|language=en}}</ref> However, it has been re-analysed as a language by early 20th century academics. Now it is considered as an intermediate language between [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and [[Tulu language|Tulu]] in comparative linguistics.<ref name="Coorgi"/>

It is traditionally written using the [[thirke]] script which is an [[abugida]].<ref name="Script">{{cite news |last1=Kushalappa |first1=Mookonda |title=Discovering alphabets of old Kodava script |url=https://starofmysore.com/discovering-alphabets-of-old-kodava-script/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Star of Mysore |date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="DH Script">{{cite news |last1=Kushalappa |first1=Mookonda |title=The discovery of an old alphabet |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-top-stories/the-discovery-of-an-old-alphabet-1078173.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |agency=Mysore Printers |date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The 2011 Census of India reports 96,918 persons who returned Kodava as their mother tongue and 16,939 who returned Coorgi/Kodagu, for a total of 113,857 persons coming under the parent group which is again identified as Coorgi/Kodagu (another name for Kodava) as the mother tongue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/C-16_25062018_NEW.pdf|title=Census of India 2011 |website=Census of India : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>