what is kannada?? when it came into existence?
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what is kannada?? when it came into existence?
what is kannada?? when it came into existence?
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Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in south western region of India. The language is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and Goa; and also by Karnatakas expats abroad.
Development. Kannada is a Southern Dravidian language, and according to scholar Sanford B. Steever, its history can be conventionally divided into three periods: Old Kannada (Halegannada) from 450–1200 CE, Middle Kannada (Nadugannada) from 1200–1700, and Modern Kannada from 1700 to the present.