Kanarese

American  

[kah-nuh-reez, -rees, kan-uh-] / ˌkɑ nəˈriz, -ˈris, ˌkæn ə- /

Or Canarese

adjective

1. of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.

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noun

plural

Kanarese

1. one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.

2. Kannada.

Kanarese British  

/ ˌkænəˈriːz /

noun

1. a member of a people of S India living chiefly in Kanara

2. the language of this people; Kannada

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Etymology

Origin of Kanarese

First recorded in 1830–40; Kanar(a) + -ese

Example Sentences

Five other linguistic groups were already demanding that new states be carved for those who spoke Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarathi, Kanarese, Malayalam.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the Sanskrit word brāhmaṇa, “a Brahmin,” becomes barāmaṇa in Kanarese and pirāmaṇa in Tamil; the Sanskrit Dramiḍa, “Dravidian,” is borrowed by Tamil under the form Tirāmiḍa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

He was, too, a man of fair intelligence and, though we conversed in Kanarese, he told me that he knew some English, which proved that he was a man of a certain degree of education.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

They speak Kodagu, a dialect of Hala Kannada or old Kanarese, midway between that and Malayālam.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Tulu, Kodagu, Toda and Kōta can be described as lying between Tamil-Malayālam and Kanarese, though they are more nearly related to the latter than to the former.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various