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Old Kannada

Old Kannada (Kannada: ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ, romanized: haḷegannaḍa) is the earliest attested stage of the Kannada language, known primarily from the inscriptional record going back to the 4th-5th century CE in Halmidi inscription from the reign of the Kadambas of Banavasi. The earliest known literary work in Kannada is the Kavirājamārga (9th century CE). This work…

Epigraphy and literature, Grammar & Origin

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Era
9th century CE
Glottolog
oldk1250
ISO 639-3
kan
Language family
SouthernSouthern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada · Southern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada · Tamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada · Kannada–BadagaOld Kannada · Old Kannada
Native to
South India
Region
Karnataka

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Epigraphy and literature

Classical language

Changes in Middle Kannada

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Old Kannada

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples119
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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Old Kannada

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related to Epigraphy and literature · 35
Old Kannada → Benjamin, CD-ROM, CE, Chandragiri, Epigraphia Carnatica, Gangas, Halegannada, Hoysalas, Hyder Ali, Indragiri, Kadambas, Kannada, Kannada's, Mahajani, Marathi, Marwari, Mysore Archeology, Mysore Wodeyars, Persian, Pre-Old Kannada
related to ಱ (ṟa) and ೞ (ḻa) · 12
Old Kannada → CE, Girijākalyāṇa, Harihara, In, Kēśirāja, Kēśirāja's, Modern Kannada, Similarly, The, There, These, This
related to Phonology · 10
Old Kannada → For, Kannada, Kēśirāja, Modern Kannada, Old Kannada’s, Sanskrit, Sounds, The, This, Vowels
related to Declensions · 8
Old Kannada → For, It, Kulli, Kēśirāja, Sanskrit, The, This, While
related to Grammar · 8
Old Kannada → Gender, In, It, Kēśirāja, Pampa Bhārata, Ramachandra Rao, Sanskrit, Semantically
related to Nominal derivation · 8
Old Kannada → According, In Old Kannada, Kannada, Kulli, Kēśirāja, Some, There, VS
related to Pronouns · 8
Old Kannada → Demonstrative, However, In, In Old Kannada, Old Tamil, Personal, The, There
related to Verbs · 6
Old Kannada → Like, Literary, Pampa Bhārata, Ramachandra Rao's, The, While
Language family · 5
Old Kannada → Kannada–BadagaOld Kannada, Old Kannada, Southern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada, SouthernSouthern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada, Tamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada
related to Changes in Middle Kannada · 4
Old Kannada → It, Middle Kannada, The, These

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kannada sanskrit old century ce also nouns kēśirāja literature language forms used ex ending inscriptions like inscription modern halmidi words

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Old KannadaEra9th century CE1.00infobox
Old KannadaGlottologoldk12501.00infobox
Old KannadaISO 639-3kan1.00infobox
Old KannadaLanguage familySouthernSouthern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada1.00infobox
Old KannadaLanguage familySouthern ITamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada1.00infobox
Old KannadaLanguage familyTamil–KannadaKannada–BadagaOld Kannada1.00infobox
Old KannadaLanguage familyKannada–BadagaOld Kannada1.00infobox
Old KannadaLanguage familyOld Kannada1.00infobox
Old KannadaNative toSouth India1.00infobox
Old KannadaRegionKarnataka1.00infobox
Old KannadaWriting systemKannada script1.00infobox
Kadambasinstance ofThese inscriptions belonged to different dynasties that ruled this region0.80text

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