Kundagannada
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Kundagannada or Kundapura Kannada is a dialect of Kannada Spoken in Kundapura
Taluk of Udupi district, Karnataka. Some people who speak this language claim that the Kundapura Kannada is the original and chaste Kannada that has not been influenced by any other language.
It is also called as Kota Kannada which is spoken by Kota brahmin
s of Karnataka.
People from Brahmavar in south till Shiroor in north (across the Arabian sea), and till Siddapur and Hebri in the east speak this language.
Kundapura
-Languages and culture :The town mainly consists of Kannadigas who speak Kundagannada, Konkanis and Tuluvas. The Goud Saraswat Brahmins who fled Goa during the Portuguese arrival in the 16th century arrived by Boat in Basrur and some settled in Kundapura and surrounding villages. These people and...
Taluk of Udupi district, Karnataka. Some people who speak this language claim that the Kundapura Kannada is the original and chaste Kannada that has not been influenced by any other language.
It is also called as Kota Kannada which is spoken by Kota brahmin
Kota brahmin
Kota Brahmins hail from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka, Bantwal and Puttur Taluk in Mangalore District and Kasargod District in Kerala...
s of Karnataka.
People from Brahmavar in south till Shiroor in north (across the Arabian sea), and till Siddapur and Hebri in the east speak this language.