Ten lines about nature in kannada
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this article is about the language. for the people, see kannada people.
for other uses, see kannada (disambiguation) and kanada.
not to be confused with canada.
kannada (/ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn-/;[7][8] ಕನ್ನಡ, [ˈkɐnːɐɖa]; less commonly known as kanarese)[9][10] is a dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of karnataka in south western region of india. the language is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the states of maharashtra, andhra pradesh, tamil nadu, telangana, kerala and goa; and also by kannadigas abroad. the language had roughly 43 million native speakers by 2011.[11] kannada is also spoken as a second and third language by over 12.9 million non-native speakers in karnataka, which adds up to 56.9 million speakers.[12] it is one of the scheduled languages of india and the official and administrative language of the state of karnataka.[13] kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful empires of south and central india, such as the chalukya dynasty, the rashtrakuta dynasty, the vijayanagara empire and the hoysala empire.