Language/Kannada
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Facts about Kannada
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
kan
- Autonyms (how to write "Kannada" in Kannada):
ಕನ್ನಡ / Kanarese
- Other names for "Kannada":
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese ("Madrassi")
- The Kannada language is spoken in:
India
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ, Kanarese) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in the southwestern region of India. The language is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and Goa; and also by Kannadigas abroad. The language had roughly 43 million native speakers by 2011.
Kannada is also spoken as a second and third language by over 12.9 million non-native speakers in Karnataka, which adds up to 56.9 million speakers.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada
Kannada Dictionaries
• Shabdkosh: Kannada-English dictionary
• BdWord: English-Kannada dictionary
• Kannada-English etymological dictionary [PDF] by Norihiko Učida & Bando Bhimaji Rajapurohit (2013)
• Goethe-Verlag: Kannada-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Kannada-English dictionary by Ferdinand Kittel (1894)
• Kannada-English school-dictionary by J. Bucher, based on the Ferdinand Kittel's dictionary (1899)
• A Dictionary, Canarese and English by William Reeve, revised by Daniel Sanderson (1858)
• Dialogues in Canarese with an English translation, by Munshi Shrinivasiah, Richard Hodson, revised by Daniel Sanderson (1865)
• Christian names in Canarese by J. G. Kies (1866)