It is the primary language of Kodavas, but a large portion of other communities and tribes in Kodagu also use Kodava Takk.

A majority of the words are common between Kodava Takk and Beary bashe, a dialect which is a mixture of Tulu and Malayalam spoken by the Beary and Belchada community.

Kodava Takk has two more vowels, namely, / ï / high central unrounded vowel and / ë / mid central unrounded vowel which are also distinguished as short and long.

Although Kodava Takk is the language of the Kodavas and the Amma-Kodavas, it is also the mother tongue of some other communities such as Airi, Male-Kudiya, Meda, Kembatti, Kapal, Maringi, Heggade, Kavadi, Kolla, Thatta, Kodava Nair, Koleya, Koyava, Banna, Golla, Kanya, Ganiga, and Malay.

Kodava Takk has no significant written literature.

According to Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, apart from Kodavas, 18 other ethnic groups speak Kodava Takk in and outside the district including Heggade, Iri, Koyava, Banna, Madivala, Hajama, Kembatti, and Meda.

A majority of Indians from the southern region speak one of the languages: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Kodava.

Eversince Kannada has been able to influence Kodava completely.

Kodava place names were changed into Kannada ( like Dev kad which became Devara Kaadu, Peggala became Heggala, etc.

It is a ' half-tongue ',( Are = half, Bhashe = speech ) which is actually an admixture of Tulu, Kodava takk and Kannada.

The Kodava were called Kodaga by Kannada speakers, Kodakar by Malayalis and Coorgs ( or Coorgis ) by the British.

The language is often called Kodava or Coorg language in English.

There is no research done so far to find out the variation in Kodava language in terms of these communities.

Kodagu is home to the native speakers of Kodava language.

It figures prominently in Kodava culture, and G. multiflora is used to flavour and colour the famous bún riêu soup of Vietnam, where this plant is known as hạt điều màu.

The CNC is struggling for Codava land autonomous region under the 6th schedule of the Constitution and constitutional special guarantee for Codava ( Kodava ) Jamma land and Jamma malai land under Article 370 and 371 of the Constitution, as has been done in relation to the lands of State of J and K and North Eastern states of India, Ethno linguistic tribal minority nationality status to Codavas under Article 340 and 342 of the Constitution, inclusion of Codava Thakk ( see Kodava takk ) in the 8th schedule of the Constitution, Constitution special guarantee for Codava customary personal laws and heritage, on the lines of Mizos and Nagas.

However, the word Kodava is preferred instead.

* One view is that the Kodava culture resembles the culture of the ancient trading stock of Arabia ( Moeling 1855 ).

It is noteworthy that there were freedom fighters from the Kodava community as well ( Gandhians who were comrades of C. M. Poonacha ).

In Kodava homes one finds a bottle of water from the Kaveri, this is used for purification ( by simply sprinkling the place with it ) and for pouring into the mouths of the dying as a last rite.

This holy water is called Theertha, and is preserved in all Kodava homes.

The vegetable is usually a cucumber or a coconut, wrapped in a piece of red silk cloth and decorated with flowers and jewels ( mainly ' Pathak ' ( Kodava Mangalasuthra )).

It is only those Kodava rites associated with the river Kaveri that are Brahmanical in influence.

They maintained their original Kodava clan names and dress habits and spoke Kodava thakk although now they do follow some Mappila-Beary customs also.

The Kodagu Mappilas maintain their original Kodava clan names and dress habits.

However, they did not consider Kodava as an independent language.

* Ethnologue report for Kodava takk – note however that this reference uses the district name, Kodagu, rather than the language name, which it mentions later.

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The Kodavas ( Kodava and, anglicised as Coorgs ) are a patrilineal ethno-lingual group from the region of Kodagu, in Karnataka state of southern India who traditionally were land-owning agriculturists with martial traditions and natively speak the Kodava language.

The words Kodava ( the indigenous people, language and culture ) and Kodagu ( the land ) come from the same root word ' Koda ' of unknown meaning.

Image: Irupu1. jpg | Narimale or Tiger hill as known in the Kodava language.

Published in 1952, the book was an ethnographical study of the Kodava community of Karnataka.

Lately, some organizations including the Codava National Council and Kodava Rashtriya Samiti are demanding Kodava homeland status and autonomy to Kodagu district.

The Dravidian Languages: notice Kodava / Kodagu

( see main article Kodava ) However even today Kodagu can still claim to have the largest density of sacred groves in all of India.

The Kodava community numbers about one-fifth out of a total population of over 500, 000, in Kodagu.

Many Kodava people have migrated to areas outside Kodagu, to other Indian cities and regions, predominantly to Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Ooty, Chennai, Mumbai, Kerala, Hyderabad and Delhi for better job prospects.

These sons and their descendants cultivated and populated the land of Kodagu, they came to be called the Kodava race.

During his campaigns in Kodagu, Tipu Sultan captured many Kodava men, women and children and took them as prisoners with him to Srirangapattana.

The descendants of the Kodavas who were, allegedly, forcibly converted into Islam, after Tipu Sultan's army on various forays into Kodagu had captured them and thrown them into the Srirangapatna prison, called Kodava Mappilas.

Many originally Malabar Mappilas have settled in Kodagu and now outnumber the Kodava Mappilas in Kodagu.