Kannada dialects

Kannada dialects and languages

There are about 20 dialects of Kannada, including Kundagannada, Havigannada, and Are Bhashe.

Kannada proper

Dialects of Kannada proper fall into four groups:

Coastal dialects 

Mangalore Kannada, Halakki, Barkur, Havyaka, Kundagannada, Sirsi Kannada, Ankola Kannada, {see also Goan Komarpant}

Northern Dialects

Dharwad Kannada, Gulbarga Kannada, Bagalkot Kannada

South-eastern

Are Bhashe or Gowda Kannada, Tiptur, Rabakavi, Nanjangudu

South Karnataka

Aruvu, Bangalore Kannada, Soliga, Kannada Kurumba, Gowdra Bhashe

Badagu

Badagu is the Kannada-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the Nilgiri region in Tamil Nadu and it is considered as an independent Dravidian language.

See also : R-colored vowel in Badaga

Holiya

Holiya, also called Holar, Hole, Holu, Golari-Kannada, is the Kannada-related language spoken by a small section of people (500) in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Urali

Urali is also close to Kannada.

Study of Kannada languages and dialects

Sangamesh Saundattimath

List of people associated with the study of Kannada inscriptions

Shamba Joshi

Patil Puttappa