Kannada

Summary

Kannada is a natural language^[1]. Kannada ranks in the top 4% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,480 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 different from is recorded as Kannada^[21].
• Kannada's UNESCO language status is recorded as 1 safe^[22].
• Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Kerala^[23].
• Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Maharashtra^[24].
• Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Tamil Nadu^[25].
• Kannada's indigenous to is recorded as Karnataka^[26].
• Kannada's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAN^[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 (5,480 views/month).^[2] Kannada has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Kannada is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]