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| name = Kodi Kushalappa Gowda<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|05|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mercara]], [[Coorg Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|9|03|1931|05|30}}<br />
| death_place = [[Puttur, Karnataka]], India<br />
| image = File:Kodi Kushalappa Gowda4 (cropped).jpg<br />
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| alma_mater = [[University of Madras]],<br />[[Annamalai University]]<br />
| occupation = Kannada scholar, grammarian, linguist<br />
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'''Kodi Kushalappa Gowda''' (30 May 1931 – 3 September 2022) was an Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]] scholar, writer, [[Dravidologist]] and linguist. He published over 12 books on linguistics in Kannada and English.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Born in 1931 at [[Kodi, Kodagu|Kodi]] village near [[Mercara]], [[Coorg Province]], Gowda graduated in Kannada from the [[University of Madras]] in 1955 and obtained his master's from the same university in 1956. He obtained his doctorate from [[Annamalai University]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Girish |first1=Kolyada |title=Hingara, Samputa 1,Sanchike 1 |date=2015 |publisher=Karnataka Arebhase Samskrithi Mathu Sahitya Academy |location=Mangalore }}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Gowda taught Kannada at the Annamalai University for 18 years and Madras University for 15 years. He has published more than 50 research papers and articles. Gowda was honoured with the Sahitya Academy Award for Kannada in 1987, Karnataka Rajyotsava award, Thimmappayya award and Nirpage award.<ref name="daijiworld">{{Cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=91194|title=Bantwal Kannada scholar Dr K Kushalappa Gowda bags 'Nirpage Award'}}</ref><ref name="thehindu_20050302">{{cite news|title=Thimappayya award for Kushalappa Gowda|date=2 March 2005|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/02/stories/2005030212700300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121091712/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/02/stories/2005030212700300.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> Gowda headed the University of Madras' Kannada department till 1991. He awarded [[Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruthi mathu Sahitya Academy]] in 2019 for his prominent work towards [[Arebhashe dialect|Arebhashe Language]]. He writes Manasa Bharatha first epic of this Arebhashe Language and Grammar book.<ref name=" Adithya K N, Deccan Herald, Jan 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/kushalappa-sukumar-and-713243.html|title=Arebhashe Academy awards for three|date=16 January 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Gowda died at a hospital in [[Puttur, Karnataka]], on 3 September 2022, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran scholar Prof. Kodi Kushalappa Gowda passes away |url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Veteran-scholar-Prof-Kodi-Kushalappa-Gowda-passes-away.html |access-date=25 December 2023 |publisher=Mangalore Today |date=3 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
* {{cite book|title=Gender distinction in Gowda, Kannada|first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1965|publisher=Emeneau SaSThipu:rti commemoro tion volume-Indian Linguistics, Poona and Annamalai University}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=For frequency of vowel changes in Gowda Kannada and Standard Kannda, a synchronic comparison- Paper presented in the Seminar on Comparative Dravidian and subsequently |first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1969|publisher=Dravidian- by CAS in Linguistics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Gowda Kannada|first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1970|publisher=Annamalai University}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=A Grammar of Kannada: Based on the Inscriptions of Coorg, South Kanara and North Kanara Dts.100 to 1400 A.D.|first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1972|publisher=Annamalai University}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Dravidian case system|first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1976|publisher=Annamalai University}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=A course in modern Kannada|first=K. Kushalappa|last=Gowda|year=1991|publisher=University of Madras}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title=Department of Kannada|publisher=University of Madras|url=http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=department/department/about&deptid=43}}<br />
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