A five-day workshop of Konkani language experts will set in motion the process of creation of Kannada script text corpus for digital language lab (DLL) software installed in Konkani Language ...

The earliest known inscriptions in Kannada date back to the 4th century BC. By 400 A.D., however, the Sangam era, which flourished from about 300 BC, made little or no reference to Kannada as a ...

Court directs HRD ministry to make a ‘reasoned and speaking order’ about use of various scripts for Konkani After dismissing a petition earlier this year regarding the use of Kannada and other scripts ...

MYSURU: A school going boy with curiosity leaned closer to a monitor, trying to decipher an ancient Kannada script displayed on the screen. Beside him, his friends lined up eagerly pointed out the ...

Ancient Kannada script used about 150 years ago during the Wadiyar reign is displayed on a contemporary structure to welcome visitors on the entrance arch of one of city's major landmarks - the ...

Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy has introduced an independent script and numerals in Beary which is said to be spoken by about 20 lakh people all over the world. All these days Beary was dependent on ...

Two important books that shed new light on the evolution of the Kannada script are to be unveiled this weekend. They are authored and edited by eminent historian S. Settar. Halagannada-Bhashe, Bhasha ...

While local folk art and theatre kept them entertained, Kannada movies were their only option on the theatre screen. Until in 1971, when the first Tulu movie ‘Enna Thangadi’ (my sister) was released ...

The case of mother tongue as the mandatory medium of instruction is before the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court. Class 2 textbooks have 17 such poems, and Class 1 books have nine. Most poems ...

In an unusual cultural outreach ahead of their IPL fixtures, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has launched a new campaign to promote Kannada among its non-native-speaking fan base — using jilebis ...