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Kannada

Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the Indian state of Karnataka by roughly 40 million native speakers called Kannadigas. It is spoken by linguistic minorities in other southern states as well. Kannada is written using the Kannada script and is one of the scheduled languages of India as well as the official administrative language of Karnataka.

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Kannada

Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the Indian state of Karnataka by roughly 40 million native speakers called Kannadigas. It is spoken by linguistic minorities in other southern states as well. Kannada is written using the Kannada script and is one of the scheduled languages of India as well as the official administrative language of Karnataka.

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Kannada /knd, k-/[7][8] ( kannaa; IPA: [kn]), also known as Canarese or

Kanarese /knriz/,[9] is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in


South India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Goa. The language has roughly 40
million native speakers[10] who are called Kannadigas (Kannaigaru), and a total of 50.8 million
speakers according to a 2001 census.[2] It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official
and administrative language of the state of Karnataka.[11]
The Kannada language is written using the Kannada script, which

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