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What is special about Kannada?
It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. Kannada literature has been presented with 8 Jnanapith awards, the most for any Dravidian language and the second highest for any Indian language.
Why Kannada is known as Queen of languages?
The Kannada Language, one of the oldest languages in the world, possesses remarkable literary works that transcend the world. It has about 3000 years of written history. It has the highest number of Janapeeta literary awards compared to any Indian language.
Is Kannada the best language?
As far as the world ranking of languages is concerned, Kannada stands 107th….It occupies the 10th place among Indian languages.
| Language | Spoken by (in millions) | No. of Wikipedia pages |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | 210 | 40,261 |
| Gujarati | 50 | 26,044 |
| Punjabi | 100 | 20,564 |
| Kannada | 38 | 19,070 |
How many languages are there in Karnataka?
Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. Other minority languages spoken include Urdu, Konkani, Marathi, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kodava and Beary. Karnataka also contains some of the only villages in India where Sanskrit is primarily spoken.
Who is the best language in Karnataka?
What is your name in Kannada writing?
What is your name? ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರೇನು? – (Ninna hesarenu?)
Did you know these 5 interesting facts about Kannada?
As we are celebrating the Rajyotsava festival as a mark of the formation of Karnataka state, we bring you some of the unknown facts about Kannada. 1. Kannada is one of the oldest Indian language 2. The Kannada language is as old as 2000 years 3. Kannada is the only Indian language for which a foreigner Ferdinand Kittel wrote a Dictionary 4.
What is the history of the Kannada language?
Kannada is a Southern Dravidian language and according to scholar Sanford B. Steever, its history can be conventionally divided into three stages: Old Kannada (Halegannada) from 450–1200 AD, Middle Kannada (Nadugannada) from 1200–1700 and Modern Kannada from 1700 to the present. Kannada is influenced to a considerable degree by Sanskrit.
How many people speak Kannada in Karnataka?
Kannada is also spoken as a second and third language by over 12.9 million non-Kannada speakers in Karnataka, which adds up to 56.9 million speakers. It is one of the scheduled language of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. Among the most spoken 100 languages of the world, Kannada occupies 30th place.
Is Kannada a Dravidian language?
Presently, it is the state language of Karnataka and also the heart language of Kannadigas. Well known as Kanarese or Canarese, this Dravidian language is predominantly spoken by Kannada people in Karnataka. Here are some of the historical facts about the Kannada language: