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Kannada (/ ˈ k ɑː n ə d ə, ˈ k æ n-/; [4] [5] ಕನ್ನಡ, IPA: [ˈkɐnːɐɖa]), formerly also known as Canarese, [6] is a classical Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.
The Kannada Wikipedia (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ) is the Kannada-language edition of Wikipedia. Started in June 2003, it is moderately active and as of January 2025, it has 33,241 articles with 347 active users. [1] [2] It is the twelfth-most popular Wikipedia in the Indian subcontinent. [3]
The Kannadigas or Kannadigaru [a] (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು [b]), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. [5] The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. [6]
In Kannada, the bilabial voiceless plosive (/p/) at the beginning of many words has disappeared to produce a glottal fricative (/h/) or has disappeared completely. This change was later taken to other Kannadoid languages and Tuluoid languages like Bellari and Koraga, e.g. Tamil peyar , Kannada hesaru , Bellari/Koraga hudari ; Tamil puṟṟu ...
Highest grossing Kannada films of 2024; Rank Title Production Company Worldwide gross Ref 1 Max: V Creations Kiccha Creations ₹ 62 crore [1]2 UI: Lahari Films Venus Entertainers
Old Kannada or Halegannada (Kannada: ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, romanized: Haḷegannaḍa) is the Kannada language which transformed from Purvada halegannada or Pre-old Kannada during the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi (ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka 345–525 CE). [1] The Modern Kannada language has evolved in four phases over the years.
The Kannada script is an abugida, where when a vowel follows a consonant, it is written with a diacritic rather than as a separate letter. There are also three obsolete vowels, corresponding to vowels in Sanskrit. Written Kannada is composed of akshara or kagunita, corresponding to syllables. The letters for consonants combine with diacritics ...
The films are made primarily in Kannada-language. The 2006 film Mungaru Male was the first Kannada film to gross ₹ 50 crores. [1] The 2017 film Raajakumara was the first Kannada movie to gross ₹75 crore mark. [2] KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) was the first Kannada film to gross ₹100, ₹150, ₹200 and ₹250 crores.