Kannada

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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Commons category: Kannada language
Wikimedia language code: kn
native label: ಕನ್ನಡ
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAN
P10369: Tim Berners-Lee
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 43506272
P11012: Vladislav Korshunov

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Contents

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 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.