Kannada

Dravidian language native to South India
Intangible natural_language Q33673
Kannada
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Kannada is a language spoken in India [1]. It is recognized as an intangible cultural element within the country [1]. Its use and transmission are tied to the cultural practices of its speakers in India [1].

Kannada

Summary

Kannada is a natural language[1]. Kannada ranks in the top 4% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,829 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kannada is in the country of India[3].
  • Kannada's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Kannada's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Kannada is a type of Kannada-Badaga[6].
  • Kannada's writing system is recorded as Kannada script[7].
  • Kannada is part of Classical Languages of India[8].
  • Kannada is part of Schedule languages of India[9].
  • Kannada's Commons category is recorded as Kannada language[10].
  • Kannada's Wikimedia language code is recorded as kn[11].
  • Kannada's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13, 'lon': 76}[12].
  • Kannada's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kannada language[13].
  • Kannada's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+43600000'}[14].
  • Kannada's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+43506272'}[15].
  • Kannada's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Kannada's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Kannada's topic has template is recorded as Template:Lang-kn[18].
  • Kannada's has characteristic is recorded as Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in Kannada[19].
  • Kannada's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kn', 'text': 'ಕನ್ನಡ'}[20].
  • Kannada's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C153970[21].
  • Kannada's different from is recorded as Kannada[22].
  • Kannada's UNESCO language status is recorded as 1 safe[23].
  • Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Kerala[24].
  • Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Maharashtra[25].
  • Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Tamil Nadu[26].
  • Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Karnataka[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Kannada is a type of Kannada-Badaga[6].

Use and Application

Part of include Classical Languages of India[8], a heritage designation[28], in India[29] and Schedule languages of India[9], in India[30].

Why It Matters

Kannada ranks in the top 4% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,829 views/month).[2] Kannada has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Kannada is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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