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Also known as Kannada language, Kanarese

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.

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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: Tamil-Kannada
Language.fam5: Kannadoid
Language.ancestor: Proto-Dravidan Old Kannada
Language.script: Kannada script Kannada Braille
Language.nation: India Karnataka
Language.agency: Government of Karnataka

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Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Kannada-Badaga
Country: India
Image: Shukla Kannada.svg

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing system: Kannada script
Commons category: Kannada language
topic's main category: Category:Kannada language
Wikimedia language code: kn
native label: ಕನ್ನಡ
linguistic typology: agglutinative language
category for films in this language: Category:Kannada-language films
indigenous to: Karnataka
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAN
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P10369: Tim Berners-Lee
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 43506272
P11012: Vladislav Korshunov
topic has template: Template:Lang-kn

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