Mahavira Watson
2014-07-16
After Sanskrit and Tamil, the third oldest Indian language is Kannada. Also known as Kanarese or Kannana, Kannada is a member of the Dravidian language family and is the official language of the state of Karnataka which is located in southern India. Kannada is also spoken in the Indian states of Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Tamil Nadu. Kannada has about 40 million speakers world-wide and about 10 million of those people speak Kannada as a second language. Like most Indian languages, Kannada has its own unique alphabet and script. Kannada script was highly influenced from the Kadamba and Calukya scripts from over 2000 years ago. If you are planning to visit or live in Karnataka, it would be very beneficial to learn Kannada. If you are interested in learning how to read, write, and speak Kannada, here are the top websites online to do so for free.
- Omniglot – Kannada https...