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 language fall into four groups:
;Coastal:
Mangaluru
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...
:Halakki
:Barkur
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Havyaka
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Kundagannada
:Sirsi Kannada
:Malenadu
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Nadavar
;Northern:Vijayapura
:Kalaburagi
:Dharwad
:Belagavi
;South-Western:
Arebhashe
:Tiptur
:Rabakavi
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Nanjangudu Kannada
;Southern:Aruvu
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Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
:Chamarajanagar
:Mandya
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Banakal
Banakal is a Malnad town in Mudigere Taluk, Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, India. This town is situated atop the Charmadi hills in the Western Ghats section. The Western Ghats is one amongst twenty-five identified hot spots for biodive ...
Kannada languages
Badaga is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the
Nilgiri region in
Tamil Nadu
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Holiya and
Sholaga are also close to Kannada.
Scholars of Kannada languages
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Aluru Venkata Rao
Aluru Venkata Rao (also sometimes referred as Aluru Venkata Raya) (12 July 1880 – 25 February 1964) was an Indian historian, writer and journalist. He is revered as Karnataka Kulapurohita (''High priest of the Kannada family'') in the Karn ...
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Shamba Joshi
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Kuvempu.K.V Puttappa
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D. L. Narasimhachar
Doddabele Lakshmi Narasimhachar (27 October 1906 – 7 May 1971) was a Kannada linguist, grammarian, lexicographer, writer, literary critic and editor who taught at the Department of Kannada Language Studies, University of Mysore between 1932 ...
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M. Chidananda Murthy
M. Chidananda Murthy (10 May 1931 – 11 January 2020) was a Kannada writer, researcher and historian. He was a well-known scholar in Karnataka specializing in the history of Kannada language and ancient Karnataka. He was also known for his ...
* T. V. Venkatachala Shastri
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M. M. Kalburgi
Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi (28 November 1938 – 30 August 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vachana sahitya (Vachana literature) in the Kannada-language and academic who served as the vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. A noted ...
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Hampa Nagarajaiah Hampa or Hompa ( fa, همپا) may refer to:
Places
* Hampa, East Azerbaijan
* Hampa, West Azerbaijan
Titles
* Hompa, in the traditional leadership of Namibia
Traditional leadership of Namibia is a governing structure in Namibia based on the e ...
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Kamala Hampana
Kamala Hampana (Kannada: ಕಮಲಾ ಹಂಪನಾ) (born 28 October 1935) is an Indian writer in Kannada language and Jainism. She was born at Devanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as a scholar, a professor, and a follower of ancien ...
* D. N. Shankar Bhat
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A. K. Ramanujan
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H. Tipperudraswamy
Honnali Tipperudraswamy (3 February 1928 – 28 October 1994) was an Indian scholar and writer of Kannada literature. He wrote political history, religious realities and cultural aspects. He has written a few biographies meant for children on ...
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Sha. Shettar
See also
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Diglossic regions - Kannada
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Dialect or language
References
{{Kannada language
Kannada language
Languages of Karnataka
Dravidian languages