Kannada dialects
Kannada | |
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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 proper fall into four groups:[1]
- Coastal dialects
- Mangalore Kannada
- Halakki
- Barkur
- Havyaka
- Kundagannada
- Sirsi Kannada
- Ankola Kannada
- Komarpant
- Malenadu Kannada
- Nadavagannada (Kannada)
- Northern
- Vijayapura Kannada (ವಿಜಯಪುರ ಕನ್ನಡ)
- Kalaburagi Kannada (ಕಲಬುರಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡ)
- Dharwad Kannada (ಧಾರವಾಡ ಕನ್ನಡ)
- Belagavi Kannada (ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕನ್ನಡ)
- South-western
- Arebhashe
- Tiptur Kannada
- Rabakavi
- Nanjangudu Kannada
- South Karnataka
- Aruvu
- Bangalore Kannada
- Chamarajanagar Kannada
- Mandya kannada
- Banakal
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
- 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
See also[]
- Diglossic regions - Kannada
- Dialect or language
References[]
- ^ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
Categories:
- Kannada language
- Languages of Karnataka
- Dravidian languages