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Kodagu (Karnataka): Kodavas don’t want to be a part of Karnataka, said Codava National Council President N.U. We want separate linguistic minority status.”A linguistic minority is a group or class of people, whose mother tongue is different from the majority of the people in the state or part of the state. We want linguistic reservation.”The Kodavas are a martial race from the small, coffee growing district of Kodagu in southern part of Karnataka. He demanded the government to grant the community tribal status and some sort of reservation. Chinnappa Devaiah, a member of the Codava National Council, said Kodavas belong to a tribal community, which is being suppressed..