Kannada, also known as Canarese or Kanarese, is the official language of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It’s spoken by about 44 million people in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. It’s as old as Tamil and one of the most well known, ancient Dravidian languages of India.

What does Dravidian mean?

The family of languages spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka i.e. the big four (Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada).

Learn Kannada, the classical, poetic language of the modest and peace loving Kannadigas, with its strong roots in theater and spirituality.

With our Kannada Starter Microlearning Course, you can:

• Introduce yourself and others
• Talk about colors
• Use numbers 1-20
• Use the days of the week
• Use simple greetings
• Talk about professions
• Talk about countries and where you live
• Tell the time
• Give your phone number and contact details
• Talk about food and drinks