Barkur Kannada

E253211

Barkur Kannada is a regional dialect of the Kannada language spoken around the historic town of Barkur in coastal Karnataka, India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Barkur Kannada canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kannada dialect
regional dialect
associatedWith historic town of Barkur
closelyRelatedTo Kundapura Kannada
Udupi Kannada
country India
culturalContext Tulu–Kannada coastal cultural region
differsFrom standard Kannada pronunciation
standard Kannada vocabulary
educationStatus not a medium of formal education
hasCharacteristic distinct local vocabulary
influenced by coastal Karnataka speech patterns
phonological features typical of coastal Kannada dialects
shares core grammar with standard Kannada
languageCode none (no separate ISO 639 code; falls under Kannada)
languageFamily Dravidian languages
mediumOf everyday conversation in Barkur area
informal communication
local oral traditions
partOf coastal Kannada dialect continuum
region South India
script Kannada script
spokenIn Barkur
Karnataka
Udupi district
coastal Karnataka
status unstandardized spoken variety
subfamilyOf Kannada
surface form: Kannada language
usedBy Kannada-speaking community of Barkur and surrounding villages
writingUsage rarely used in formal writing

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kundagannada closelyRelatedTo Barkur Kannada