Kannada dialects

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Kannada
Kannada–Badaga
Geographic
distribution
South India
Linguistic classificationDravidian
Subdivisions
Glottologbada1263

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[]

  1. ^ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
  2. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
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