Kannada

[kah-nuh-duh, kan-uh-]

noun

1. a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.

Kannada

/ ˈkæn-, ˈkɑːnədə /

noun

1. Also called: Kanarese. a language of S India belonging to the Dravidian family of languages: the state language of Karnataka, also spoken in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra

Example Sentences

Mushtaq made history earlier this year when she became the first author writing in the Kannada language to win an International Booker.

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Mushtaq worked hard to become fluent in Kannada, but this alien tongue would become the language she chose for her literary expression.

From BBC

Women in Tamil and Kannada cinema have also petitioned their state governments to improve working conditions for them.

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The video, posted on the BJP's social media page in Karnataka on 4 May, is captioned "Beware... Beware... Beware...!" in Kannada language which is spoken in the southern state.

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The first of the vigorous protests was the Gokak agitation of 1982 which demanded that Kannada be made the sole first language in schools instead of Sanskrit.

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What does Kannada mean?

Kannada is the name of a language mainly spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka.The Republic of India is a south Asian country made up of 25 states and 7 territories, with the state of Karnataka located in the southwest. Kannada is one of the languages that make up the Dravidian family of languages native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Kannada is also known as Kanarese.Kannada is the state language of Karnataka and is among the most popular languages in India. Worldwide, over 40 million people speak Kannada.