Kannada, Kannadiga, Kannadigaru, Karnataka,

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Kannada Fonts

Kannada Fonts

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts_windows.html#kannada

  • JanaKannada – 128 characters (261 glyphs) in version 0.99.1 (July 2004)
    Ranges: Basic Latin (non-alphabetic); Kannada
    OpenType layout tables: Kannada
    Family: Sans-serif
    Styles: Sans
    Availability: Free download from JanaKannada
  • Kedage – 107 characters (739 glyphs) in version 1.06
    Ranges: Basic Latin (29); Kannada (78)
    OpenType layout tables: Kannada
    Styles: Normal, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
    Availability: Free download from Brahmi Download Center
  • Mallige – 107 characters (548 glyphs) in version 1.06
    Ranges: Basic Latin (29); Kannada (78)
    OpenType layout tables: Kannada
    Family: Cursive
    Styles: Normal, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
    Availability: Free download from Brahmi Download Center
  • Sampige – 388 glyphs (no version)
    Ranges: Basic Latin (numerals and punctuation); Kannada
    OpenType layout tables: Kannada
    Styles: Regular
    Availability: Free download from Kannada Localization
  • Tunga – 401 glyphs in version 1.06
    Ranges: Basic Latin (numerals and punctuation); Kannada
    OpenType layout tables: Kannada
    Styles: Regular
    Availability: Supplied with Windows XP
  • Akshar Unicode, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000 and Saraswati5 can also display Kannada
  • Kannada test page

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/kannada.html

Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources

Test for Unicode support in Web browsers

Kannada

U+0C80 – U+0CFF (3200–3327)

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Kannada alphabet Kannada

Kannada alphabet   Kannada

Origin

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kannada.htm

The Kannada alphabet developed from the Kadamba and Cālukya scripts, descendents of Brahmi which were used between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. These scripts developed into the Old Kannada script, which by about 1500 had morphed into the Kannada and Telugu scripts. Under the influence of Christian missionary organizations, Kannada and Telugu scripts were standardized at the beginning of the 19th century.

Notable features

  • Kannada is a alphasyllabary in which all consonants have an inherent vowel. Other vowels are indicated with diacritics, which can appear above, below, before or after the consonants.
  • When they appear the the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written as independent letters.
  • When consonants appear together without intervening vowels, the second consonant is written as a special conjunt symbol, usually below the first.

Used to write:

Kannada or Canarese, the official language of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken by about 44 million people in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

Kannada alphabet

Vowels

Kannada vowels and vowel diacritics

Consonants

Kannada consonants

A selection of conjunct consonants

A selection of Kannada conjunct consonants

Numerals

Kannada numerals and numbers

Sample text in Kannada

Sample text in Kannada

Transliteration
Ellā mānavarū svatantrarāgiyē janisiddāre. Hāgū ghanate mattu hakku gaḷalli samānarāgiddāre. Vivēka mattu antaḥkaraṇagaḷannu paḍedavarāddarinda avaru paraspara sahōdara bhāvadinda vartisabēku.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Thanks to Arvind Iyengar for providing the sample text.

Longer sample text (Tower of Babel)

Links

Free Kannada fonts
http://www.prajavani.net/fonts/download.htm
http://www.kannadaprabha.com/fonts/help.asp
Online Kannada lessons
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kulki/kannada/kanindex.html
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/kannada/

Online Kannada <> English dictionary
http://www.kannadakasturi.com/

Online Kannada news in Kannada
http://www.prajavani.net
http://www.kannadaprabha.com

Other syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Balinese, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Cham, Dehong Dai/Tai Le, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Grantha, Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno’o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kayah Li, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, Oriya, Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tai Dam, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti

November 4, 2006 Posted by ellakavi | ALASKA, Kannada Lessons | | 2 Comments

bhaava butti

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Aham Bloggosmi..The Kannada Blog

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antaranga…

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tuLasivana..

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manadaalada maathu…

ಮನದಾಳದ ಮಾತು…

ದುಖಃಕ್ಕಿಂತ ದುಗುಡ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾದಾಗ, ಅಳುವಿಗಿಂತ ಅಳುಕೇ ಮೇಲಾದಾಗ, ಮೌನವೇ ಮಾತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ!!!

http://snhalli.blogspot.com/

November 4, 2006 Posted by ellakavi | Kannada Blogs, NEW YORK | | No Comments

Those Who Saved Kannada Language from Manohara Granthamale Sangraha

Those Who Saved Kannada Language Those Who Saved Kannada LanguageThose Who Saved Kannada Language

http://www.kamat.com/econtent/kannada_blog/

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Kannadave nitya - samagra blog baraha

http://kannada-kathe.blogspot.com/

http://kannada-kathe.blogspot.com/

೨೬. ಅರ್ಥವಿಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥವಿಲ್ಲ, ಬರಿಯ ಕೋಪ ತಾಪ

೨೫. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗನಾಗಿರುವ ಭರಿಸಲಾಗದ ಹಗುರ ಭಾವ

೨೪. ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡ ಮುಖ

೨೩. ಚೆ ಜೊತೆ ಪ್ರವಾಸ: ಮೋಟರ್ ಸೈಕಲ್ ಡೈರೀಸ್ - ಭಾಗ ೨

೨೨. ಮೋಟರ್‍ಸೈಕಲ್ ಡೈರೀಸ್: ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಮತ್ತು ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ

೨೧. ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕಿನ್ನೊಂದು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾವ್ಯ, ಕೆಲವು ಇತರ ವಿಚಾರಗಳು

೨೦. ರೂಮಿ ಟೋಪಿ

೧೯. ರಾಶೊಮೊನ್: ಭೂತ, ವರ್ತಮಾನ

೧೮. ಕುರಿಯನ್: ಒಂದು ಖಾಸಗೀ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

೧೭. ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯತೆ, ಭಾಷಾ ಹೋರಾಟ ಬ್ಯಾಂಗಲೋರ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಂಗರ್

೧೬. ನಾವೇಕೆ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ!

೧೫. ಕನಸು ಕಟ್ಟುವ ಕಾಲ

೧೪. ಮೇಧಾ- ಮುಂದೇನು?

೧೩. ಆಗ್ಡೆನ್ ನ್ಯಾಶ್ ಎಂಬ punಡಿತ

೧೨. ಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ನೆರಳನ್ನರಸಿ ಹೊರಟ ಮೂರ್ತಿ - ಅವರನ್ನರಸಿ ಹೊರಟ ಉಮಾ

೧೧. ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಣ್ಣ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳು, ದೇಶಕಾಲದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಸಂಚಿಕೆಗಳು

೧೦. ಜಂಗಮನಾಗಬಯಸಿದ ರಂಗಸ್ಥಾವರ - ಸಿಜಿಕ

೯. ಎಂ.ಸಿ.ಎಷರ್, ಹಾರ್ಹೆ ಲೂಯಿ ಬೊರೇಸ್: ನಿರಂತರತೆಯ ಚಕ್ರವ್ಯೂಹಗಳು

೮. ಪಪ್ಪು ಪಾಸ್ ಹೋಗಯಾ

೭. ನಾಪತ್ತೆಯಾದ ಗ್ರಾಮಾಫೋನು, ಪತ್ತೆಯಾದ ದಿವಾಕರ್

೬. ಎರಡು ಜೀವನಚರಿತ್ರೆಗಳು

೫. ದಗಡೂ ಪರಬನ ತೂಫಾನ್ ಮೇಲ್

೪. ಕಮಲಾಕ್ಷ ಶೆಣೈ

೩. ಸುಬ್ಬಣ್ಣ

೨. ಚಿತ್ತಾಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ

೧. ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥಾಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ

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Rasa Sanje Program

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