page_title: Kodava people
hierarchical_section_title: Kodava people
caption_attribution_description: English: Locator map of Kodagu district, Karnataka, India
context_page_description: 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 it describes the dominant Kodav people. The Kodavas, are considered a patrilineal ethno-lingual tribe from the region of Kodagu, who natively speak the Kodava language. Traditionally they are land-owning agriculturists with martial customs. They practice family exogamy and caste endogamy. Kodavus are the only people in India permitted to carry firearms without a license.
context_section_description: The term Kodava (ಕೊಡವ) 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 Kodav people. The Kodavas (Kodava, anglicised as Coorgs), are considered a patrilineal ethno-lingual tribe from the region of Kodagu, (in Karnataka state of Southern India), who natively speak the Kodava language. Traditionally they are land-owning agriculturists with martial customs. They practice family exogamy and caste endogamy. Kodavus are the only people in India permitted to carry firearms without a license.
caption: Kodagu: home of the Kodavas shown above in the map of Karnataka, India (in orange)
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