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| Kannadoid | |
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| Kannada–Badaga | |
| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | bada1263 |
 Map of Kannada dialects in the state of Karnataka. | |
Kannadoid languages, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka. Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects.
Kannadoid languages
[edit]Badaga is a kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.[1]
Betta Kurumba, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.
Kannada Dialects
[edit]Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[2]
- Coastal
- Mangaluru
- Halakki Achchagannada
- Barkur
- Havyaka
- Kundagannada
- Sirsi Kannada
- Malenadu
- Nador Kannada
- Northern
- Vijayapura
- Kalaburagi
- Dharwad
- South-Western
- Arebhashe
- Tiptur
- Rabakavi
- Nanjangudu Kannada
- Southern
- Aruvu
- Bengaluru Kannada
- Chamarajanagar
- Mandya
- Banakal Kannada
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
- ↑ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
Further reading
[edit]- Mallikarjuna Swamy, S. (1990). A descriptive study of Aadikarnataka dialect of Kannada spoken in Mandya disatrict (PhD). University of Mysore. hdl:10603/92262.
- Talawar, Maruti R. (1993). Harijan dialect of Kannada in Belgaum district a linguistic analysis (PhD). Karnatak University. hdl:10603/95020.