Language/Kannada
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Welcome to the Kannada learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
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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 is a Dravidian language spoken mainly by the people of Karnataka in the southwestern region of India. It had about 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.
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)