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Kannada is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. It is the state language of Karnataka, one of the four southern states in India.
The language has 52 characters in its alphabet and is phonetic. The alphabet is classified into three categories: swaras (or vowels), vyanjanas (or consonants) and yogavaahas (part vowel/part consonants).
The script is assigned the Unicode codepoints: 0C80-0CFF (3200-3327).