What is the history of Kannada?
Kannada is a Southern Dravidian language and according to scholar Sanford B. Steever, its history can be conventionally divided into three stages: Old Kannada ( Halegannada) from 450–1200 AD, Middle Kannada ( Nadugannada) from 1200–1700 and Modern Kannada from 1700 to the present. Kannada is influenced to a considerable degree by Sanskrit.
How many Kannadigas are there in Tamil Nadu?
Kannadigas form Tamil Nadu's 3rd biggest linguistic group and add up to about 1.23 million which is 2.2% of Tamil Nadu's total population. Goa has 7% Kannada speakers which accounts for 94,360 Kannadigas. The Malayalam spoken by people of Lakshadweep has many Kannada words.
How many Kannada inscriptions are there?
Current estimates of the total number of existing epigraphs written in Kannada range from 25,000 by the scholar Sheldon Pollock to over 30,000 by the Amaresh Datta of the Sahitya Akademi. Prior to the Halmidi inscription, there is an abundance of inscriptions containing Kannada words, phrases and sentences, proving its antiquity. The 543 AD Badami cliff inscription of Pulakesi I is an example of a Sanskrit inscription in old Kannada script. Kannada inscriptions are not only discovered in Karnataka but also quite commonly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Some inscriptions were also found in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. The northernmost Kannada inscription of the Rashtrakutas of 964 AD is the Jura record found near Jabalpur in present-day Madhya Pradesh, belonging to the reign of Krishna III. This indicates the spread of the influence of the language over the ages, especially during the rule of large Kannada empires. Pyu sites of Myanmar yielded variety of Indian scripts including those written in a script especially archaic, most resembling the Kadamba (Kannada-speaking Kadambas of 4th century AD Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) form of common Kannada-Telugu script from Andhra Pradesh.
Why is Goudi-GavuDi translated into Tamil?
Kannada words such as gouDi-gavuDi transform into Tamil's kavuDi for lack of the usage of Ghosha svana in Tamil. Hence the Kannada word 'gavuDi' becomes 'kavuDi' in Tamil. 'Posil' ('hosilu') was introduced into Tamil from Kannada and colloquial Tamil uses this word as 'Vaayil'.
What is the official language of Karnataka?
It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful empires of South and Central India, such as the Chalukya dynasty, the Rashtrakuta dynasty, the Vijayanagara Empire and the Hoysala Empire .
What are the languages of Karnataka?
Besides being the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, Kannada language is present in other areas: 1 Kannadigas form Tamil Nadu's 3rd biggest linguistic group and add up to about 1.23 million which is 2.2% of Tamil Nadu's total population. 2 Goa has 7% Kannada speakers which accounts for 94,360 Kannadigas. 3 The Malayalam spoken by people of Lakshadweep has many Kannada words. 4 There are about 150,000 Kannadigas in North America (USA and Canada). 5 Gulf countries of Middle-East, UK and Australia have minority numbers of Kannada speakers.
Where is the Tamil language spoken?
The language is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and Goa; and also by Kannadigas abroad. The language had roughly 43 million native speakers by 2011.
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What is translation in Kannada?
Translation is the process of translating words from one language into another. In other words Kannada translation is the process of translating foreign language (ex. English) words or text into Kannada language. Translation is not about word-for-word substitution. A translator must interpret and analyze all of the elements in the source text and know how each word may influence another. Kannada is written or type in "Kannada Script" so what result you get with translation is in Kannada language with typed in Kannada script.
Why need Kannada translation ?
So, translation facilitate them to get English content in their mother tongue Kannada. To facilitate communication between two different language person we need translation. Translation facilitate access of research and study material to whole world of peoples without learning the source language. Machine translator makes translation more faster and freely available to end user. Translation provides bridge between different-different language peoples. We don't have to invest time and money in learning another language for little tasks.
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How long does it take to translate a Kannada?
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How to get English to Kannada?
1. For get your English in Kannada counter-part you have more options like - "Kannada transcription" in which you can type with your qwerty keyboard in English and get in Kannada. Our Official English to Kannada typing also known as "Kannada transliteration". In other words Kannada transliteration is the process in which you type in Roman letters and get in Kannada letters.
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About English Language
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About the Kannada Language
Kannada is a Southern-Dravidian Language also known as ‘Canarese’ or ‘Kanarese’.It is the most widely spoken language in the state of Karnataka and also to some extent in the other Southern states of India, like Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It also has its reach in parts of Maharashtra as well as Goa.
Overview
History
Poorvada Halagannada or Purva Halagannada (Pre-Old Kannada) is a Kannada term which literally translated means "Previous form of Old Kannada" which is dated by scholars from the early days of 1st century AD to the 8th century AD. It was the language of Banavasi in the late ancient period, the Satavahana, Chutu Satakarni (Naga) and Kadamba periods and thus has a history of over 2500 yea…
Development
Kannada is a Southern Dravidian language and according to scholar Sanford B. Steever, its history can be conventionally divided into three stages: Old Kannada (Haḷegannaḍa) from 450–1200 AD, Middle Kannada (Naḍugannaḍa) from 1200–1700 and Modern Kannada (Hosagannaḍa) from 1700 to the present. Kannada is influenced to a considerable degree by Sanskrit and Kannada also influenced Sanskrit. Influences of other languages such as Prakrit can also be found in Kann…
Sanskrit and Prakrit influence
The sources of influence on literary Kannada grammar appear to be three-fold: Pāṇini's grammar, non-Pāṇinian schools of Sanskrit grammar, particularly Katantra and Sakatayana schools, and Prakrit grammar. Literary Prakrit seems to have prevailed in Karnataka since ancient times. The vernacular Prakrit speaking people may have come into contact with Kannada speakers, thus influencing their language, even before Kannada was used for administrative or liturgical purpos…
Literature
The oldest existing record of Kannada poetry in Tripadi metre is the Kappe Arabhatta record of AD 7th century. Kavirajamarga by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I (AD 850) is the earliest existing literary work in Kannada. It is a writing on literary criticism and poetics meant to standardise various written Kannada dialects used in literature in previous centuries. The book makes refe…
Areas of influence
Besides being the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, Kannada language is present in other areas:
• Kannadigas form Tamil Nadu's 3rd biggest linguistic group and add up to about 1.23 million which is 2.2% of Tamil Nadu's total population.
• Goa has 7% Kannada speakers which accounts for 94,360 Kannadigas.
Dialects
There is also a considerable difference between the spoken and written forms of the language. Spoken Kannada tends to vary from region to region. The written form is more or less consistent throughout Karnataka. The Ethnologue reports "about 20 dialects" of Kannada. Among them are Kundagannada (spoken exclusively in Kundapura, Brahmavara, Bynduru and Hebri), Nadavar-Kannada (spoken by Nadavaru), Havigannada (spoken mainly by Havyaka Brahmins), Are Bhashe (…
Status
The Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Udaya Narayana Singh, submitted a report in 2006 to the Indian government arguing for Kannada to be made a classical language of India. In 2008 the Indian government announced that Kannada was to be designated as one of the classical languages of India.