Badagu alphabet

The Badagu alphabet was created by Anandhan Raj in 2009 as an alternative way to write Badaga, a Southern Dravidian language spoken in Kerala and Tamil Nadu states in southern India. It is not currently used by anybody else.

Badaga is usually written with the Tamil alphabet, and used to be written with the Latin and Kannada alphabets.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Badaga

Badugu alphabet

Download a script chart of the Badagu (Excel spreadsheet)

Links

Information about the Badaga alphabet and language
http://www.skyknowledge.com/badaga.htm
http://badaga-script.blogspot.co.uk
http://badaga.wordpress.com/language/
http://badaga-language.blogspot.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaga_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bfq

Bagada Language Promotion Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/badagalanguage

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri / Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

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Page last modified: 16.03.23

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