Kannada People

Kannada People

The Kannada or Kanarese people, known as the Kannadiga, are the people who natively speak the Kannada language. Kannadigas are mainly located in the state of Karnataka in India and in the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra. The English plural is Kanarese, Kannadas, or Kannadigas.

Kannadigas are people who speak Kannada, its variants or its various dialects as their native language. Various districts of Karnataka have mixed variations of dialects like Dharwad Kannada, Sankethi, Naddvara Kannada, Havigannada, Bengaluru Kannada, Are Bhashe, Mysooru Kannada, Kundagannada, etc. Janapadas of Soliga, Badaga and other tribes of Karnataka having rich contribution to Kannada literature have their own style. Many Kannadigas have emigrated to countries like United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Apart from native speakers, Kannada is also spoken by Tuluvas, Konkani, Kodavas of Karnataka and Telugus (Andhra Pradesh's official lang.), Malayali(Kerala's official lang.) and Tamil(Tamil Nadus official lang.) settlers in the state.

Read more about Kannada People:  Early Settlements, Immigrants From Karnataka, Cuisine, Costumes, Literature, Kannada Journalism, Kannada Kannadiga Karnataka, Kannada Ethnic Flag

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