Language name and locationː Badaga, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, India [Ref. to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区巴达加语,  印度西南部喀拉拉邦及南部泰米尔纳德邦

 

1. ondu

21.  ippatu ondu

2. eraɖu / ir- (bound form)

22.  ippatu eraɖu

3. muːru

23.  ippatu muːru

4. naːku

24.  ippatu naːku

5. aydu

25.  ippatu aydu

6. aːru

26.  ippatu aːru

7. eːyu / i:yu

27.  ippatu eːyu /iːyu

8. eʈʈu

28.  ippatu eʈʈu

9. ombatu

29.  ippatu ombatu

10. hattu

30.  muːvatu

11. hannondu ( < han-ondu)

40.  nalavatu

12. hanneraɖu (< han-eraɖu)

50.  ayvatu

13. hadimuːru ( <hadin-muːru)

60.  aravatu  ( <aru-vatu)

14. hadanaːku  (<hadin-naːku)

70.  eyavatu ( < eyu-vatu)

15. hadanaydu (<hadin-aydu)

80.  embatu (<em-patu)

16. hadinaːru ( <hadin-aːru)

90.  tombatu (< tom-patu)

17. hadiniːyu

100. nuːru

18. hadineɳʈu (<hadin-eʈʈu)

200. innuːru ( <ir-nuːru)

19. hattombatu

1000. saːvira < Sanskrit sahasra

20. ippatu ( < ir-patu )

2000.

 

Sourceː Balakrishnan, R, 1999. Bagada, A Dravidian Language. Annamalai University, India

 

Other comments: Bagada has a decimal numeral system similar to that of the Kannada. Badaga is a southern Dravidian language spoken by approximately 130,000 speakers by the Badaga people of the Nilgiris district of Northwest Tamil Nadu. The language is closely related to Kannada.


 

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