Kannada | |
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ಕನ್ನಡ | |
Native to | India - Karnataka , Kasaragod, Kerala, Andhra pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu and significant communities in Mauritius,[1] United Arab Emirates,[2] Thailand.[3] |
Ethnicity | Kannadiga/Kannadati |
Native speakers | 60 million (2011)[4] 11.4 million as a second language[5] |
Dravidian
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Kannada alphabet (Brahmic) Kannada Braille | |
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Official language in | Karnataka |
Regulated by | Various academies and the Government of Karnataka[6] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | kn |
ISO 639-2 | kan |
ISO 639-3 | kan |
![]() Distribution of native Kannada speakers in India[7] |
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Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a language,[8] and it is a script used for writing the language. Most people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka speak Kannada, and there are speakers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa. There are some differences in the way Kannada is spoken in these places.There are about 44 million people who speak the language.[9]It had been since 2nd Century.