Kannada
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Kannada is spoken primarily in the state of Karnataka in southern India, where it is the official language. It is also spoken in neighboring states (Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala) and by communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Persian Gulf states.
Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages, with about 44 million native speakers and roughly 15 million second-language speakers. Its earliest known inscription, at Halmidi, dates to about A.D. 450, and India designated it a classical language in 2008. It is written in the Kannada script, which descends from the ancient Brahmi script and is closely related to the Telugu script.
Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages, with about 44 million native speakers and roughly 15 million second-language speakers. Its earliest known inscription, at Halmidi, dates to about A.D. 450, and India designated it a classical language in 2008. It is written in the Kannada script, which descends from the ancient Brahmi script and is closely related to the Telugu script.
- Language Family
- Dravidian
- Subgroup
- Southern
Kannada Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Kannada
ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾನವರೂ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರರಾಗಿಯೇ ಜನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗೂ ಘನತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಾನರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವಿವೇಕ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತಃಕರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದವರಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಹೋದರ ಭಾವದಿಂದ ವರ್ತಿಸಬೇಕು.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights