Kannadoid languages
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| Kannadoid | |
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| Kannada–Badaga | |
| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | bada1263 |
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| File:Kannada Dialects.png Map of Kannada dialects in the state of Karnataka. | |
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Kannadoid languages, 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 | edit source]Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[1]
- Coastal
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- Mangaluru
- Halakki Achchagannada
- Barkur
- Havyaka
- Kundagannada
- Sirsi Kannada
- Malenadu
- Nador Kannada
- Northern
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- Vijayapura
- Kalaburagi
- Dharwad
- South-Western
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- Arebhashe
- Tiptur
- Rabakavi
- Nanjangudu Kannada
- Southern
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- Aruvu
- Bengaluru Kannada
- Chamarajanagar
- Mandya
- Banakal Kannada
Kannadoid languages
[edit | edit source]Badaga is a kannada-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
[edit | edit source]- 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