Kannadoid languages
Dravidian languages spoken in South India
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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.
Geographic
distributionSouth India
distributionSouth India
Linguistic classificationDravidian
- Southern
- Southern I
- Tamil–Kannada
- Kannadoid
- Tamil–Kannada
- Southern I
Subdivisions
| Kannadoid | |
|---|---|
| Kannada–Badaga | |
| Geographic distribution | South India |
| Linguistic classification | Dravidian
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | bada1263 |
 Map of Kannada dialects in the state of Karnataka. | |
Kannada Dialects
Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[1]
- 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.[2]
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