Kanarese
Americanadjective
noun
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Kanarese
plural
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one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
noun
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a member of a people of S India living chiefly in Kanara
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the language of this people; Kannada
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Origin of Kanarese
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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
Of these last the chief dialects are Gondi, Oraon or Kurukh, Kandhi and Kanarese, of which Gondi is by far the most important.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Nuniz calls the new king "Pureoyre Deorao," and "Pureoyre" seems to be a rough Portuguese version of the name Harihara; H and P representing the same sound in the Kanarese and Telugu languages.
From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Robert Sewell
The Kanarese rivers have a larger body of water and a more regular flow than the streams of the Konkan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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
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