Kannada
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Fact corner
- Language: Kannada
- Alternate names: Kanarese, Canarese, Banglori, Madrassi
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:kan
- Language family: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Kannada
- Number of speakers: 35,346,000
- Script: Kannada script
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Introduction
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the southern state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas (ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು Kannadigaru), number roughly 35 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world. It is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka.
The verb
Sample verb: kēḷu ಕೇಳು
| Present | Past | Future | ||||
| Sg.1 | kēḷdhēnu | ಕೇಳಧೇನು | kēḷdenu | ಕೇಳದೆನು | kēḷuvenu | ಕೇಳುವೆನು |