Kannada
a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
- Also called Kanarese.
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It was dubbed in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada, and subtitled in 38 languages.
Kerala’s small film industry—not Bollywood—created India’s first original superhero | Ananya Bhattacharya | January 12, 2022 | QuartzIn 2016, three actors on the set of a film in the Kannada language jumped 60 feet from a helicopter into a lake below.
Netflix v Modi and the battle for Indian cinema’s soul | Konstantin Kakaes | March 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAbout a year ago, I decided to read only in Kannada, the dominant local language, whenever I visited Bangalore.
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe spoke Tulu with his wife, Kannada with his daughters, Tamil with his patients, and English with his grandchildren.
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTKannada is an inflected language, so you tend to drop what is most important in an English sentence: the subject.
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
And now I wonder, can you really translate G.K. Chesterton into Kannada?
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf visitors are poorly dressed, or speak to him in Tulu or Kannada, he will say, "Can't you see it's closed?"
British Dictionary definitions for Kannada
/ (ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn-) /
a language of S India belonging to the Dravidian family of languages: the state language of Karnataka, also spoken in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra: Also called: Kanarese
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