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Kannada (/ ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn -/; [5][6] ಕನ್ನಡ, IPA: [ˈkɐnːɐɖa]), formerly also known as Canarese, [7] is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in south western India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third ...
Old Kannada or Halegannada (Kannada: ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, romanized: Haḷegannaḍa) is the Kannada language which transformed from Purvada halegannada or Pre-old Kannada during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345–525 CE). [1] The Modern Kannada language has evolved in four phases over the years.
Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script. [1] Attestations in literature span one and a half millennia, [2][3][4][5][6] with some specific literary works surviving in rich manuscript traditions, extending from the 9th century to ...
The Kannada script (IAST: Kannaḍa lipi; obsolete: Kanarese or Canarese script in English) is an abugida of the Brahmic family, [4] used to write Kannada, one of the Dravidian languages of South India especially in the state of Karnataka. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. Kannada script is also widely used for writing ...
The Kannadigas or Kannaḍigaru[a] (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು[b]), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada and trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. [5] The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family of ...
The Kannada Wikipedia (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ) is the Kannada-language edition of Wikipedia. Started in June 2003, it is moderately active and as of September 2024, it has 32,702 articles with 145 active users. [1][2] It is the twelfth-most popular Wikipedia in the Indian subcontinent. [3]
Kannada dialects, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka. Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects.
Standard Kannada grammar (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ) is primarily based on Keshiraja 's Shabdamanidarpana (c. 1260 CE) which provides the fullest systematic exposition of Kannada language. [1][2] The earlier grammatical works include portions of Kavirajamarga (a treatise on alańkāra) of 9th century, Kavyavalokana and ...