ISO 639-3 · kankan
Dravidian family
Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ
Kannada is a language of the Kannada-Badaga branch (Dravidian), spoken in India. Wikidata counts 43.6 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Dravidian language native to South India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kan- ISO 639-1
kn- Glottocode
nucl1305- Family
- Dravidian
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 13.00, 76.00
- Wikipedia
- 135 language editions
43.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kannada · ಕನ್ನಡ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kannada language, Kanarese |
| L1 speakers | 43,600,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Kannada script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dravidian to Kannada
The branches above Kannada, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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