Kannada dialects, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka. Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects.
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Geographic distribution | South India |
Linguistic classification | Dravidian
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Glottolog | bada1263 |
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Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:[1]
Badaga is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu.[2]
Urali, Holiya and Sholaga are also close to Kannada.
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