Kannada dialects
(Redirected from Kannada languages)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2023) |
| Kannada–Badaga | |
|---|---|
| Kannadoid, Kannada | |
| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | bada1263 |
| Part of a series on the |
| Culture of Karnataka |
|---|
 |
Kannada dialects, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka. Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects.
Kannada dialects
[edit]Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[1]
- Coastal
-
- Mangaluru
- Halakki Achchagannada
- Barkur
- Havyaka
- Kundagannada
- Sirsi Kannada
- Malenadu
- Nador Kannada
- Northern
-
- Vijayapura
- Kalaburagi
- Dharwad
- Belagavi
- South-Western
-
- Arebhashe
- Tiptur
- Rabakavi
- Nanjangudu Kannada
- Southern
-
- Aruvu
- Bengaluru Kannada
- Chamarajanagar
- Mandya
- Banakal Kannada
Kannada languages
[edit]Kannada is the Badaga-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.[2]
Betta Kurumba, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.
Scholars of Kannada languages
[edit]- Aluru Venkata Rao
- Shamba Joshi
- Kuvempu.K.V Puttappa
- D. L. Narasimhachar
- M. Chidananda Murthy
- T. V. Venkatachala Shastri
- M. M. Kalburgi
- Hampa Nagarajaiah
- Kamala Hampana
- D. N. Shankar Bhat
- A. K. Ramanujan
- H. Tipperudraswamy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".