Kannada

E8600

Dravidian language language

Kannada is a major Dravidian language predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka and surrounding regions, with a rich literary tradition spanning over a millennium.

Aliases (16)

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dravidian language → language →
ancestor	Old Kannada → Proto-Dravidian →
constitutionalStatusInIndia	Eighth Schedule language →
country	India →
developedFrom	Old Kannada →
earlyForm	Old Kannada →
family	Dravidian languages →
hasDialects	Badaga (closely related) → Dharwad Kannada → Havyaka Kannada → Kundagannada → Mysore Kannada →
hasDigitalSupport	Unicode →
hasLiteraryAward	Pampa Award → Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative →
hasNotablePoet	Pampa → Ponna → Ranna →
hasNotableWriter	Bendre → Kuvempu → S. L. Bhyrappa → Shivarama Karanth → U. R. Ananthamurthy →
hasOldestInscriptionsFrom	5th–6th century CE →
hasPhonologicalFeature	long and short vowels → retroflex consonants →
hasScriptVariant	Tigalari script (historically related) →
hasStandardForm	Standard Mysore Kannada →
hasWritingSystemSince	at least 5th century CE →
ISO639-1Code	kn →
ISO639-2Code	kan →
ISO639-3Code	kan →
languageCode	kn-IN →
languageFamilyBranch	Kannada–Badaga branch →
languageFamilyCode	dra-knd →
languageStatus	scheduled language of India →
literaryTradition	over 1000 years old →
nativeName	ಕನ್ನಡ →
officialLanguageOf	Karnataka →
primaryRegion	Karnataka →
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Andhra Pradesh → Goa → Kerala → Maharashtra → Tamil Nadu →
region	South India →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts →
scriptType	abugida →
spokenBy	Kannadigas →
spokenIn	Andhra Pradesh → Goa → India → Karnataka → Kerala → Maharashtra → Tamil Nadu → Telangana →
subfamily	Southern Dravidian languages →
UnicodeBlock	Kannada (0C80–0CFF) →
usedFor	administration in Karnataka → education in Karnataka → media in Karnataka →
writingSystem	Kannada script →
writingSystemDerivedFrom	Bhattiprolu script (indirectly via Brahmi) → Kadamba script →

Referenced by (78)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bellary → Kempe Gowda I → Mysuru → Pampa → Pampa Award → Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada → Whitefield →	language
Bendre → Kuvempu → Ponna → Ranna → Shivarama Karanth → U. R. Ananthamurthy →	languageOfWorkOrName
Bendre ("Kannadiga") → Kuvempu ("Kannadiga") → Ponna ("Kannada people") → Ranna ("Kannadiga") → Shivarama Karanth ("Kannadiga") →	ethnicGroup
Bangalore Urban district → Bellary → Karnataka → Raichur → Srirangapatna →	officialLanguage
Dravidian languages → Madras Presidency → South India → Southern Dravidian ("Kannada language") →	majorLanguage
Kannada ("Mysore Kannada") → Kannada ("Dharwad Kannada") → Kannada ("Havyaka Kannada") →	hasDialects
Kuvempu → Shivarama Karanth → U. R. Ananthamurthy →	nativeLanguage
Kannada script ("Old Kannada") → Kannada script ("Middle Kannada") → Kannada script ("Modern Kannada") →	usedInWritingSystemOf
Kundagannada ("Mangaluru Kannada") → Tulu →	closelyRelatedTo
Kundagannada ("Kunda Kannada") → Kundagannada ("Kundapura Kannada") →	hasAlternativeName
Kundagannada ("Old Kannada") → Kundagannada ("Middle Kannada") →	hasAncestor
Electronics City → World War I poetry →	hasLanguage
Kannada ("Old Kannada") →	ancestor
Proto-Dravidian →	ancestorOf
Dravidian peoples ("Kannada language") →	associatedLanguage
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Kannada ("Old Kannada") →	developedFrom
Kannada ("Old Kannada") →	earlyForm
Kempe Gowda I →	ethnicity
Bangalore English →	hasInfluenceFrom
Anish →	hasLanguageOfUse
Tamil Nadu →	hasRegionalLanguage
Konkani →	hasSignificantLoanwordsFrom
Southern Dravidian ("Kannada language") →	includes
Indian English →	influencedBy
Hyderabad State →	languageCommon
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India →	languageListed
Star India →	languageOfContent
S. L. Bhyrappa →	languageOfExpression
Bengaluru →	languageOfficial
Malabar Coast ("Kannada (in northern parts)") →	languageRegion
Lata Mangeshkar →	languagesSungIn
Karnataka Legislative Assembly →	languageUsed
Bangalore Urban district →	languageWidelySpoken
Kannada ("ಕನ್ನಡ") →	nativeName
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike →	nativeNameLanguage
Kundagannada →	parentLanguage
Kundagannada ("Kannada dialect continuum") →	partOf
India →	recognizedLanguage
Proto-Dravidian →	reconstructedFrom
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada ("Kannada language") →	relatedTo
Kundagannada ("standard Kannada") →	sharesVocabularyWith
Kundagannada ("Kannada language") →	subfamily
Kannada script ("Kannada people") →	usedBy
S. L. Bhyrappa →	writingLanguage
Kannada script ("Kannada language") →	writingSystemFor