Kannada

[ kah-nuh-duh, kan-uh- ]

/ ˈkɑ nə də, ˈkæn ə- /

noun

a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.

Also called Kanarese.

Example sentences from the Web for kannada

About a year ago, I decided to read only in Kannada, the dominant local language, whenever I visited Bangalore.

Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga |Aravind Adiga |February 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He spoke Tulu with his wife, Kannada with his daughters, Tamil with his patients, and English with his grandchildren.

Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga |Aravind Adiga |February 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Kannada is an inflected language, so you tend to drop what is most important in an English sentence: the subject.

Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga |Aravind Adiga |February 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And now I wonder, can you really translate G.K. Chesterton into Kannada?

Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga |Aravind Adiga |February 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

If visitors are poorly dressed, or speak to him in Tulu or Kannada, he will say, "Can't you see it's closed?"

An Excerpt from Between the Assassinations |Aravind Adiga |June 10, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for kannada

Kannada

/ (ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn-) /

noun

a language of S India belonging to the Dravidian family of languages: the state language of Karnataka, also spoken in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra Also called: Kanarese

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Example sentences from the Web for kannada

British Dictionary definitions for kannada

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