Kannada dialects

{{Short description|Dravidian languages spoken in South India}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox language family

|name = Kannada–Badaga

|altname = Kannadoid, Kannada

|region = South India

|familycolor = Dravidian

|fam2 = Southern

|fam3 = Southern I

|fam4 = Tamil–Kannada

|child1 = Kannada

|child2 = Holiya

|child3 = Badaga

|child4 = Sholaga

|child5 = Alu Kurumba

|child6 = Betta Kurumba

|child7 = Jenu Kurumba

|child8 = Maundadan Chetti

|glotto = bada1263

|glottorefname=Badaga–Kannada

|map = File:Kannada Dialects.png

|mapcaption = Map of Kannada dialects in the state of Karnataka.

}}

{{Culture of Karnataka}}

Kannada dialects, in the broad sense incorporating the Kannada–Badaga languages, are spoken in and around Karnataka. Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects.