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.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011 census total, combining 44 million native speakers with 15 million second-language speakers. RegionKarnataka; also North Tamil Nadu, South Maharashtra, West Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, North Kerala, and Goa 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Kannada
Written In
Source Wikipedia: Kannada
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kannada
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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.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
Native Speakers: 44 million (2011); 15 million additional L2 speakers (2011)
Infobox, Region
Karnataka (primary); also North Tamil Nadu, South Maharashtra, West Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, North Kerala, and Goa
Official status, Kannada entity page
It is the official and administrative language of Karnataka.
In Family: Dravidian, Infobox, Language family
Dravidian - Southern - Southern I - Tamil-Kannada
- Written In: Kannada Script
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