kn
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kn
The table below provides technical details for the Kannada language, designated by the kn
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Kannada belongs to the Dravidian language family, specifically to the Southern group. It is an official language of the state of Karnataka, located in the southwestern part of India. It is written using the Kannada script. It is estimated that there are more than 44 million speakers worldwide.
Speakers
44M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Kannada speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
kn-IN
– Kannada (India)
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