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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Kannada canonical 434
Kannada language 21
Old Kannada 9

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestor Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Kannada

Proto-Dravidian ⓘ
constitutionalStatusInIndia Eighth Schedule language ⓘ
country India ⓘ
developedFrom Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Kannada
earlyForm Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Kannada
family Dravidian languages ⓘ
hasDialects Badaga (closely related) ⓘ
Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dharwad Kannada

Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Havyaka Kannada

Kundagannada ⓘ
Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Southern Dravidian ⓘ
surface form: Kannada–Badaga branch
languageFamilyCode dra-knd ⓘ
languageStatus scheduled language of India ⓘ
literaryTradition over 1000 years old ⓘ
nativeName Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Indians ⓘ
surface form: Kannadigas
spokenIn Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Goa ⓘ
India ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
subfamily Southern Dravidian ⓘ
surface form: 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 (484)

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

India → recognizedLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Indian English → influencedBy → Kannada ⓘ
Madras Presidency → majorLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Kannada → hasDialects → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mysore Kannada
Kannada → hasDialects → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharwad Kannada
Kannada → hasDialects → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havyaka Kannada
Kannada → ancestor → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada
Kannada → earlyForm → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada
Kannada → developedFrom → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada
Kannada → nativeName → Kannada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ಕನ್ನಡ
Bangalore English → hasInfluenceFrom → Kannada ⓘ
Bengaluru → languageOfficial → Kannada ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Dravidian languages → majorLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Hyderabad State → languageCommon → Kannada ⓘ
Lata Mangeshkar → languagesSungIn → Kannada ⓘ
Malabar Coast → languageRegion → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada (in northern parts)
Kannada script → writingSystemFor → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada language
Kannada script → usedBy → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada people
Kannada script → usedInWritingSystemOf → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada
Kannada script → usedInWritingSystemOf → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Kannada
Kannada script → usedInWritingSystemOf → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Kannada
South India → majorLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Karnataka → officialLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → hasRegionalLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Bellary → language → Kannada ⓘ
Bellary → officialLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Konkani → hasSignificantLoanwordsFrom → Kannada ⓘ
Southern Dravidian → includes → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada language
Southern Dravidian → majorLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada language
World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Raichur → officialLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Kannada ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada → language → Kannada ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada → relatedTo → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada language
S. L. Bhyrappa → languageOfExpression → Kannada ⓘ
S. L. Bhyrappa → writingLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Pampa → language → Kannada ⓘ
Proto-Dravidian → ancestorOf → Kannada ⓘ
Proto-Dravidian → reconstructedFrom → Kannada ⓘ
Kundagannada → subfamily → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada language
Kundagannada → hasAncestor → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada
Kundagannada → hasAncestor → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Kannada
Kundagannada → sharesVocabularyWith → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: standard Kannada
Kundagannada → partOf → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kannada dialect continuum
Kundagannada → closelyRelatedTo → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mangaluru Kannada
Kundagannada → parentLanguage → Kannada ⓘ
Kundagannada → hasAlternativeName → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kunda Kannada
Kundagannada → hasAlternativeName → Kannada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kundapura Kannada
Kuvempu → languageOfWorkOrName → Kannada ⓘ