Kannada dialects
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Kannada–Badaga | |
Geographic distribution | South India |
Linguistic classification | Dravidian |
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Glottolog | bada1263 |
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Kannada dialects, 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
Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[1]
- Coastal
- Mangaluru
- Halakki
- Barkur
- Havyaka
- Kundagannada
- Sirsi
- Ankola
- Komarpant
- Malenadu
- Nadavar
- Northern
- Vijayapura
- Kalaburagi
- Dharwad
- Belagavi
- South-Western
- Arebhashe
- Tiptur
- Rabakavi
- Nanjangudu Kannada
Kannada languages
Badaga is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.[2]
Urali, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.
Scholars of Kannada languages
- 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
- Sha. Shettar
See also
References
- ^ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".