Kannadoid languages

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.

Kannada Dialects

Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:

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

Kannadoid languages

Badaga is a kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.

Betta Kurumba, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.

Scholars of Kannada

• Aluru Venkata Rao
• Shamba Joshi
• Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa)
• D. L. Narasimhachar
• M. Chidananda Murthy
• T. V. Venkatachala Shastri
• M. M. Kalburgi
• Hampa Nagarajaiah
• Kamala Hampana
• D. N. Shankar Bhat
• A. K. Ramanujan
• H. Tipperudraswamy

See also

• Dialect or language

References

Further reading