Kannada
(ˈkænədə)
Now the official and the more usual name for Kanarese n. b.
| 1856 [see Karnata a. and n.]. 1877 A. Hovelacque Sci. of Lang. 78 The Kanarese, or Kannada, occupies the north Dravidian district. 1942 Moraes & Stimson Introd. India ii. 16 Other widely spoken languages are the southern group—Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. 1959 Clarendonian June 46 New editions of the First Aid textbook have recently been published in Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Gujarati, Kannada, and Bengali. 1969 Filmfare (Bombay) 1 Aug. 23/4 There is friction between distributors, exhibitors and the State Government regarding exhibition of Kannada films in Bangalore. |