Badaga Bible History (1)

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Badaga...
"The Badaga are a Dravidian tribe, numbering about 65,000 in
the Nilgiri Hills of extreme western Madras State.   Thought to
have migrated from the Kannada-speaking area of Mysore State
(their name, meaning ‘Northerner’, preserves this tradition), the
Badaga speak a tongue linguistically related to Old Kannada.
Badaga, with Kodagu and Kurumba, is therefore often referred
to as a dialect of Kannada.   Originally published in Kannada
character, Badaga is now published exclusively in Tamil
character."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First Publication, St. Luke’s Gospel in 1825 at Mangalore by the
    Basel My. Society;
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

Kannada Character
"1852 Luke Bangalore
Translated by George Casamajor, a retired civil servant, and finished
after his death by C. Maericke, Basel MS.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "St. Luke’s Gospel, BFBS, Mangalore,
    1890; revised by C. W. Lütze and others
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1890 Luke Madras Auxiliary BS
A revision prepared by C. W. Lutze, Basel MS."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1896 Mark   1897 Mark (Tamil character)
Madras Auxiliary BS
Translated and transliterated by W. Sikemeier."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
KANNADA CHARACTER   "1896" Mark 1:2 unknown.
TAMIL CHARACTER   "1897" Mark 1:2 unknown.]

"1902 Jonah (Kannada and Tamil character)
Madras Auxiliary BS
Translated by J. Kanaka, an Indian pastor."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: ?]

KANARESE: Badaga dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Kanarese characters   n.d. Mark 3:35 unknown.]

KANARESE: Badaga dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Tamil characters   n.d. Mark 3:35 unknown.]

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