Kannada

ISO 15924: KndaAbugida17 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾನವರೂ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರರಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಾನ ಘನತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಜನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Brahmic / Indic
Geographic origin
South Asia
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
knd2
Used for the Kannada language, official language of Karnataka, India. Also used for Tulu and Kodava.

Related Scripts

TeluTeluguTamlTamil

Unicode Blocks

KannadaU+0C80

1 Unicode block contain Kannada characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
16

Badaga
bfq
Bellari
brw
Goan Konkani
gom
Kannada
kan
Kodava
kfa
Korra Koraga
kfd
Kudiya
kfg
Kannada Kurumba
kfi
Konkani (individual language)
knn
Konkani (macrolanguage)
kok
Lambadi
lmn
Paniya
pcg
Tulu
tcy
Mudu Koraga
vmd
Betta Kurumba
xub
Ravula
yea

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Waddar
wbqSingle source