Kannada dialects
| Kannada | |
|---|---|
| Kannada–Badaga | |
| Geographic distribution: | South India |
| Linguistic classification: | |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | bada1263[1] |
Kannada dialects, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka.
Kannada dialects and languages
There are about 20 dialects of Kannada, including Kundagannada, Havigannada, and Are Bhashe.
Kannada proper
Dialects of Kannada proper fall into four groups:[2]
- Coastal dialects
- Mangalore Kannada, Halakki, Barkur, Havyaka, Kundagannada, Sirsi Kannada, Ankola Kannada, {see also Goan Komarpant}
- Northern Dialects
- Dharwad Kannada, Gulbarga Kannada, Bagalkot Kannada
- South-eastern
- Are Bhashe or Gowda Kannada, Tiptur, Rabakavi, Najangud
- South Karnataka
- Aruvu, Bangalore Kannada, Soliga, Kannada Kurumba, Gowdra Bhashe
Badagu
Badagu is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu and it is considered as an independent Dravidian language.
See also : R-colored vowel in Badaga
Holiya
Holiya, also called Holar, Hole, Holu, Golari-Kannada, is the Kannada-related language spoken by a small section of people (500) in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.[3]
Urali
Urali is also close to Kannada.
Study of Kannada languages and dialects
- Sangamesh Saundattimath
- List of people associated with the study of Kannada inscriptions
- Shamba Joshi
- Patil Puttappa
See also
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Badaga–Kannada". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Michail Andronov, 2003. A comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages
- ↑ "LANGUAGES OF India , Minor and Tribl languages". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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