Kannadafolket
Also known as Kannadigas
The Kannadigas or Kannadigaru (), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethnic group primarily native to the southern Indian state of Karnataka and its surrounding regions. They natively speak Kannada, which belongs to the Dravidian language family. Kannada stands among 30 of the most widely spoken languages of the world as of 2001.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- KannadigasKannaḍigaruಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag of the Kannada people.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Cultural flag of the Kannada people
- Ethnic group.image
- Ugadi Celebrations.jpg
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- kn
- Ethnic group.caption
- Kannada schoolchildren celebrating Ugadi
- Ethnic group.population
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- Ethnic group.pop1
- 44 million
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 337,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 59,000(Estimated)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 48,600
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 22,000