ISO 639-3 · kfakfa
Dravidian family
Kodava
Kodava is a language of the Tamil–Kannada branch (Dravidian), spoken in India. Wikidata counts about 200,000 speakers (2001). Wikidata describes it as “Dravidian language spoken in India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kfa- Glottocode
koda1255- Family
- Dravidian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 31 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kodava |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kodava language |
| All speakers | 200,000 (2001) |
| Written in | Kodava script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dravidian to Kodava
The branches above Kodava, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational