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Kodava people
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 describes the dominant Kodava people.
The Kodavas (Kodava, anglicised as Coorgs), are considered a patrilineal ethno-lingual group from the region of Kodagu, (in Karnataka state of southern India), who natively speak the Kodava language. Traditionally they were land-owning agriculturists with martial customs. Kodavas are believed to be Kshatriyas, based on their legendary descent, the rights they held to carry arms from the ancient times and their military traditions. They practice family exogamy and caste endogamy. By religion they consider themselves as being of the Hindu faith, although the Kodavas are a non-Brahminical sect who believe more in reverence towards nature and their ancestors than in the following of the Vedic Hindu rites.
==Origin==
The words ''Kodava'' (the indigenous people, language and culture) and ''Kodagu'' (the land) come from the same root word 'Koda' of unknown meaning. Some claim it means 'hills', others say it means 'west' but both relate to the Western Ghats' location. Kodagu is called ''Kodavu'' in the native Kodava language. The Kodava were called Kodaga by Kannada speakers, Kodakar by Malayalis and Coorgs (or Coorgis) by the British. However, the word Kodava is preferred instead. They are ethnically and culturally distinct from the other people of South India. For centuries, the Kodavas have lived in Kodagu cultivating paddy fields, maintaining cattle herds and carrying arms during war.〔
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