Kannada dialects

Template:Infobox language family Template:Culture of Karnataka Kannada dialects, 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.

Kannada dialects

Dialects of Kannada proper fall into four groups:

Coastal dialects

Mangalore Kannada, Halakki, Barkur, Havyaka, Kundagannada, Sirsi Kannada, Ankola Kannada, Komarpant, Malenadu Kannada, Nadava Gannada (Kannada).

Northern

Dharwad Kannada, Gulbarga Kannada, Vijayapura Kannada

South-western

Arebhashe, Tiptur Kannada, Rabakavi, Nanjangudu Kannada

South Karnataka

Aruvu, Bangalore Kannada, Chamarajanagar Kannada, Mandya kannada, Banakal

Kannada languages

Badaga is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.

Urali, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.

Scholars of Kannada languages

• Aluru Venkata Rao
• Shamba Joshi
• 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
• Sha. Shettar

See also

• Diglossic regions - Kannada
• Dialect or language