Food,Culture,Language:
Food:
The Cuisine in Ooty comprises of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. On the culinary map of India Ooty may not enjoy a distinct place but the state to which it belongs that is Tamil Nadu has a very eminent place. As a result cuisines of the state is very popular in Ooty as well.
Tea and coffee are the two important beverages that occupy a very prominent place in the food habits of the people of Ooty. The restaurants of Ooty serve Indian, Western, Italian and Chinese cuisines. Ooty is popular for its baked items like bread, cookies, cakes, tarts, buns, brownies, pies and many more. The fruit and nut chocolates of the city are also famous. Chettinad cuisine of is also very popular in Ooty. The cuisine is very hot and spicy and a number of dishes in mutton, chicken and fish are prepared.
The Cuisine in Ooty mainly constitutes of idly (rice cakes cooked in steam), dosa (a pancake prepared from a batter of rice and lentil), uttapam (a pancake made from a batter of rice and lentil) and vada(doughnuts that are deep fried and made from a batter of rice and lentils), pongal (rice and lentils are boiled together and ghee and cashew nuts are added to it), uppuma(semolina cooked with dry lentils, pepper, mustard and cumin seed). Most of these dishes are served with coconut chutney prepared by grinding coconut and roasted chana, sambar (a lentil broth seasoned with spices) and mulaga podi (a mix of various dried lentils that are powdered and eaten with oil).

Culture:
Ooty, or Ootcamund is a picture perfect little hill station that is frequented by myriads of tourists. Situated in the state of Tamil Nadu, there is hardly any distinction between the quintessential Tamil culture and the Ooty culture. The cultural potpourri of Ooty, however enriched by some unique features, peculiar to its own traditional heritage.
Ooty is primarily recognized as one of India's premier hill stations. The land of the mystic blue mountains, Ooty is opulent in unparalleled natural beauty. The Ooty Lake is an epitome of splendid scenic beauty. The local inhabitants assemble at the sparkling sylvan lake and enjoy the beautiful evening. In fact, several popular Bollywood as well as South Indian films have been shot in premises of the picture perfect lake.
The quaint hill station of Ooty has a mixed culture. While South Indians mainly dominate the populace, the town also has strong Christian influence. During India's colonial days, several Britishers settled in the oasis of idyllic green. Consequently, the hill resort is endowed with a splendid amalgam of diverse ethnicity. The native inhabitants of Ooty, the members of the Toda tribe are also found in large numbers.

Language:
People from various backgrounds have come to stay in Ooty, over these years. Thus the people of Ooty speak in many different languages. The most popular spoken languages in Ooty are Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and English. Telugu language is also used by some of the people living in the hill station of Ooty.
The most popularly used language of Ooty is Tamil. It is used by a large section of the population.
Tamil Language
The Tamil language is among the oldest of the Indian languages. This is the language from which all the other Dravidian languages originate. It is one of the official languages of many South Indian states, beside Tamil Nadu.
The alphabets of the Tamil language are unique. The script of this South Indian language is phonetic and not pictorial. It is a diverse language and survives in two different forms. Thus, spoken Tamil and written Tamil are not similar.
Tamil, being an ancient language, is the richest of all the languages of the Dravidian origin. Most of the courtly literatures of South India were composed in this language.
In the present days English is also among the most commonly used languages in Ooty.