Kannada (Noun)
Meaning
A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Kannada is the official language of the Indian state of Karnataka and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.
- The Kannada script is an abugida written from left to right, consisting of 49 phonetic letters.
- Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken by around 44 million people, mostly in the Indian state of Karnataka and the neighboring regions.
- In the year 2008, the language was awarded the status of a classical language by the Indian government to promote the antiquity and cultural heritage of Kannada.
- The literature of Kannada, also known as Kannada literature or Kannada sahitya, is a part of the broader family of Dravidian literature.