Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ
Native to	India - Karnataka , Kasaragod, Kerala, Andhra pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu and significant communities in Mauritius,United Arab Emirates,Thailand.
Ethnicity	Kannadiga/Kannadati
Native speakers	60 million  (2011) 11.4 million as a second language
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga Kannada
Writing system	Kannada alphabet (Brahmic) Kannada Braille
Official status
Official language in	Karnataka
Regulated by	Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kn
ISO 639-2	kan
ISO 639-3	kan
Distribution of native Kannada speakers in India

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Old Kannada script on a victory pillar, 8th century

Modern Kannada script

This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Kannada edition.

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a language, and it is a script used for writing the language. Most people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka speak Kannada, and there are speakers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa. There are some differences in the way Kannada is spoken in these places.There are about 44 million people who speak the language.It had been since 2nd Century.