Languages
Kasargod district is one of the rare districts in India which houses as many as 7 different languages (excluding dialects and tribal languages), with each spoken by a substantial number of people.
The administrative language is Malayalam . Tulu, Beary bashe, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani are also spoken. The Malayalam spoken here has influences from Beary bashe and also from the languages of Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, Tamil and Urdu.
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