Kannadoid languages

Kannadoid languages, 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–Badaga
Kannadoid, Kannada
Geographic distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga
Subdivisions	Kannada Holiya Badaga Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jenu Kurumba Maundadan Chetti
Language codes
Glottolog	bada1263
Map of Kannada dialects in the state of Karnataka.

Kannadoid languages

Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:^[1]

Coastal

• Mangaluru
• Halakki Achchagannada
• Barkur
• Havyaka
• Kundagannada
• Sirsi Kannada
• Malenadu
• Nador Kannada

Northern

• Vijayapura
• Kalaburagi
• Dharwad

South-Western

• Arebhashe
• Tiptur
• Rabakavi
• Nanjangudu Kannada

Southern

• Aruvu
• Bengaluru Kannada
• Chamarajanagar
• Mandya
• Banakal Kannada

Kannada languages

Badaga is a kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Betta Kurumba, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.

Scholars of Kannada

• Aluru Venkata Rao
• Shamba Joshi
• Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa)
• 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

See also

• Dialect or language