Kannada
Americannoun
noun
Usage
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.
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In 2025, he apologised after facing backlash for mimicking a ritual sequence from the hit Kannada film Kantara at a film festival event, with critics accusing him of disrespecting its cultural significance.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The newfound capability presented an advantage for national politicians versed primarily in India’s official language, Hindi, to transmit communications to voters in southern states in other languages and dialects, like Kannada and Malayalam.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2024
One of the Kannada nationalists even said that "English is our cultural and political language, Sanskrit our spiritual and classical language and Kannada our native and speaking language", she writes.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Cultural historian Janaki Nair says in a research paper that Kannada speakers first demanded a separate state in the 1920s.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Here in Chennai we speak Tamil, but my parents grew up in a nearby state where they spoke Kannada.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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