BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO KANNADA INFOMEDIA:
This is a student initiative that aims to teach the basic, and what we find is the minimum required Kannada, for a person who does not know the language. It is mostly aimed towards those people who come to live in Karnataka for a temporary period of time. We hope that our initiative will make their stay in the state more comfortable, easy and enjoyable. Hence this initiative is largely focused on teaching the spoken form of Kannada, so that a person, relatively, new to the state may find it easy to converse and mix with the people without much difficulty.
KANNADA:
Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of India. Native speakers are called Kannadigas (Kannadigaru), number roughly 38 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world. It is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. Ministry of Culture, the Government of India has officially recognized Kannada as a classical language.
The language uses forty-nine phonemic letters, divided into three groups: Swaragalu (vowels - thirteen letters); Yogavaahagalu ( Not vowel, Not Consonant, two letters); and Vyanjanagalu (Consonants - thirty-four letters), similar to the vowels and consonants of English.
KARNATAKA:
Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India. The state was formed on the 1st of November in 1956. This day is celebrated as "Kannada Rajyotsava" and is a state holiday. Till 1973 it was under the name of the Mysore State. In 1973 the name of the state was changed to Karnataka. It is surrounded by the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
The capital of Karnataka is Bangalore. Karnataka is the 8th largest state in India and the 9th largest state in India in terms of population. It is divided into 29 districts.
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