Kannada
Sign in to saveKannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third language for 15 million speakers in Karnataka. It is the official and administrative language of Karnataka. It also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.
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Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Karnataka, a state in southwestern India, with around 44 million native speakers and millions more who use it as a second or third language. It serves as the official language of Karnataka and holds the status of a classical language in India, reflecting its cultural and historical significance.
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- Language.name
- Kannada
- Language.states
- India
- Language.region
- Karnataka
- Language.ethnicity
- Kannadigas
- Language.speakers
- L1: million
- Language.date
- 2011
- Language.ref
- e27
- Language.speakers2
- L2: million (2011)
- Language.speakers_label
- Speakers
- Language.familycolor
- Dravidian
- Language.fam2
- Southern
- Language.fam3
- Southern I
- Language.fam4
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32 sectionsContents
- Geographic distribution
- Development
- History
- Early traces
- Epigraphy
- Coins
- Literature
- Old Kannada
- Middle Kannada
- Modern Kannada
- Dictionaries
- Dialects
- Writing system
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Colloquial speech
- Grammar
- Compound bases
- Pronouns
- Significance to modern linguistics
- Sample text
- English
- Kannada
- Romanisation (ISO 15919)
- IPA
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third language for 15 million speakers in Karnataka. It is the official and administrative language of Karnataka. It also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.
Kannada was the court language of a number of dynasties and empires of South India, Central India and the Deccan Plateau, namely the Kadamba dynasty, Western Ganga dynasty, Nolamba dynasty, Chalukya dynasty, Rashtrakutas, Western Chalukya Empire, Seuna dynasty, Kingdom of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi, Hoysala dynasty and the Vijayanagara Empire.
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Classical Language in IndiaDravidian languagesISO language articles citing sources other than EthnologueKannada languageLanguage articles citing Ethnologue 25Language articles citing Ethnologue 27Language articles with Linguasphere codeLanguages attested from the 5th centuryLanguages of Andhra PradeshLanguages of KarnatakaLanguages of Kerala