Kannda

Kannada
ಕನ್ನಡ
Pronunciation	[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Native to	India
Region	Karnataka with border communities in neighbouring states
Ethnicity	Kannadigas
Native speakers	37.7 million (2001)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Kannada–Badaga Kannada
Early form	Old Kannada
Writing system	Kannada alphabet Kannada Braille
Official status
Official language in	India
Regulated by	Various academies and the government of Karnataka
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kn
ISO 639-2	kan
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	nucl1305
Linguasphere	49-EBA-a
Distribution of Kannada native speakers, majority regions in dark blue and minority regions in light blue.

Kannada (/ˈkɑːnədə, ˈkæn-/;[ˈkʌnːəɖɑː]), also known as Canarese or Kanarese /kænəˈriːz/, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad. The language has roughly 40 million native speakers who are called Kannadigas (Kannadigaru), and a total of 50.8 million speakers according to a 2001 census. It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka.