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It is the main language of the state of Karnataka, where it is spoken natively by 40.6 million people, or about two thirds of the state's population. There are native Kannada speakers in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu (1,140,000 speakers), Maharashtra (993,000), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (533,000), Kerala (78,100) and Goa (67,800). [20]
The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region. [1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.
The state covers an area of 191,791 km 2 (74,051 sq mi), or 5.83 per cent of the total geographical area of India. [17] It is the sixth-largest Indian state by area. [17] Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state.
Kannada and other languages, however, are totally inert to this change and hence the velar plosives are retained as such or with minimum changes in the corresponding words, e.g. Tamil/Malayalam cey, Irula cē(y)-, Toda kïy-, Kannada key/gey, Badaga gī-, Telugu cēyu , Gondi kīānā .
Karnataka is one of the few states which, while a leading contributor for GDP of the country [103] and home for industries, has preserved its forests and wildlife. The evergreen Sahyadri and Western Ghats are home to protected Wildlife of Karnataka. The Kannada culture protects and balances Kaadu (forest) and Naadu (state) as can be seen.
This is a list of states and union territories of India by speakers of Telugu as of census 2011. [1] [2] Rank State Telugu speakers (2001) Telugu speakers (2011)
Bangalore Kannada is a vernacular dialect of the Indian language, Kannada, which serves as the official language of the state of Karnataka, as the native language by the majority people of Karnataka classical languages of India. This dialect is primarily spoken by youth and in informal discourse between locals.
Bengaluru (Kannada : Beṅgaḷūru ⓘ), formerly called Bangalore, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.As per the 2011 census, the city had a population of 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India.