Kannada

See also: kannada

English

Etymology

From Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa). Doublet of Canara.

Pronunciation

• (original approximation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn.(n)ə.də/
• (spelling pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnədə/

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • IPA^(key): /ˈkænədə/
    • Homophone: Canada

Noun

Kannada (uncountable)

1. The Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, India.
2. The alphasyllabary used to write the aforementioned language, along with Konkani and Tulu.

Synonyms

• (Dravidian language): Canarese

Derived terms

• Old Kannada

Translations

language

• Arabic: اَلْكَانَادَا f (al-kanadā)
• Aragonese: idioma canarés
• Armenian: կաննադա (hy) (kannada)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: কন্নড় ভাষা (bn) (konnoṛ bhaśa)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: কন্নড় ঠার (kannaṛa ṭhāra)
• Breton: kannadeg
• Catalan: kanarès (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏓ (kanada)
• Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡納達語 / 卡纳达语 (zh) (Kǎnàdá-yǔ), 坎那達語 / 坎那达语 (Kǎnnàdá-yǔ)

• Czech: kannadština
• Danish: kannada
• Dhivehi: ކައްނަޑާ (kannaḍā)
• Dutch: Kannada (nl)
• Esperanto: Kanara lingvo
• Finnish: kannada (fi)
• French: kannada (fr) m
• Georgian: კანადა (ka) (ḳanada)
• German: Kannada (de) n
• Gujarati: કન્નડ ભાષા (kannaḍ bhāṣā)
• Hindi: कन्नड (hi) (kannaḍ), कन्नड़ भाषा (kannaṛ bhāṣā), कन्नड़ (hi) f (kannaṛ)
• Icelandic: kanaríska
• Indonesian: bahasa Kannada
• Irish: Cannadais f
• Italian: lingua kannada
• Japanese: カンナダ語 (ja) (Kannada-go)
• Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ (kn) (kannaḍa)
• Khmer: កន្នឌ (kannɔdɔ)
• Korean: 칸나다어 (Kannada'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kannadayî (ku)

• Lithuanian: kanadų kalba
• Low German: Kannada
• Macedonian: канада (kanada)
• Malay: bahasa Kannada
• Malayalam: കന്നഡ (kannaḍa), കന്നടം (ml) (kannaṭaṁ)
• Marathi: कन्नड भाषा (kannaḍ bhāṣā)
• Newar: कन्नड भाषा (kannaḍa bhāṣā)
• Norwegian: kannada
• Odia: କନ୍ନଡ଼ ଭାଷା (kannaṛa bhāṣā)
• Persian: زبان کانارا (zabân kânârâ)
• Polish: język kannada (pl)
• Portuguese: canarim, canará m, canarês (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੰਨੜ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (kannaṛ bhāśā)
• Quechua: kannada simi
• Russian: ка́ннада (ru) m (kánnada)
• Sanskrit: कन्नड (kannaḍa)
• Santali: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: канада језик
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: kannadčina
• Spanish: idioma canarés
• Swedish: kannada (sv)
• Tamil: கன்னடம் (ta) (kaṉṉaṭam)
• Telugu: కన్నడము (te) (kannaḍamu)
• Thai: ภาษากันนาดา (paasăa gannaadaa)
• Turkish: Kannada dili
• Walloon: Kannada
• Welsh: kannada

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kannada terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code kn, ISO 639-3 code kan (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kannada, kan ⁠

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kannada n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kannada or Kannadas)

1. Kannada (one of the languages of India)

See also

• Kanada