Kannada Definition & Meaning

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Kannada American [kah-nuh-duh, kan-uh-] / ˈkɑ nə də, ˈkæn ə- /

noun

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

Kannada British / 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

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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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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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It is the first book written in the Kannada language, which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to win the prestigious prize.

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

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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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The actress has worked in several languages, including Hindi, Telugu and Kannada, and has also won a number of awards for her roles.

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