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| Total Speakers 33,663,000 (1994)
Usage by Country Official Language: Karnataka/India
Home Speakers: Andrha Pradesh/India Background It belongs to the Dravidian family, southern group, and is spoken by over 30 million people, chiefly in Karnataka, over 44 million including second language users. Kannada script is used, similar to Telugu script. Received: 19980525 Posted: 19981112 Checked: 19981112 Sources | |