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It has around 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third language for around 15 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. [1] The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, [7] it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages. [8] [9]
Kannada is the official language of the state of Karnataka, as the native language of 66.46% of its population as of 2011 and is one of the classical languages of India. Urdu is the second largest language, spoken by 10.83% of the population, and is the language of Muslims outside the coastal region.
A Tulu speaker. The Tulu language (Tuḷu Bāse,Tigalari script: , Kannada script: ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, Malayalam script: തുളു ബാസെ; pronunciation in Tulu: [t̪uɭu baːsɛ]) [b] is a Dravidian language [6] [7] whose speakers are concentrated in Dakshina Kannada and in the southern part of Udupi of Karnataka in south-western India [8 ...
The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region. [1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.
Kannada is the official language of Karnataka and as per the 2011 census is the mother tongue of 66.5% of the population. [1] Various ethnic groups with origins in other parts of India have unique customs and use languages at home other than Kannada, adding to the cultural diversity of the state.
India in the state of Karnataka (with 21 other regional Languages, ... and 20 other official languages; second most spoken Indian Language) Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
Bangalore Kannada is a vernacular dialect of the Indian language, Kannada, which serves as the official language of the state of Karnataka, as the native language by the majority people of Karnataka classical languages of India. This dialect is primarily spoken by youth and in informal discourse between locals.
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.