POV Section This section was heavily POV so I moved it here Perhaps some useful information can be extracted from it Few unique things about Kannada KANNADA is the third oldest language of India After Sanskrit Tamil KANNADA is as old as 2000 years KANNADA is 99 99 perfect logically and scientifically Kannadigas got 7 Gnana Peetha Awards Look at other languages Hindi 6 Telugu 2 Malayalam 3 Tamil 2 Second one during 2005 Shri VINOBA BHAVE called KANNADA script as QUEEN OF WORLD SCRIPTS Vishwa LipigaLa RaaNi KANNADA So called International language English does not have its own Script English is written in ROMAN So called National Language Hindi does not have its own script Hindi is written in Deva nagari Though Tamil has a script logically it is imperfect as common letters are used for many pronunciations KANNADA is as old as 2000 years You can write what you speak and you can read what you write When Kaviraja Maarga was written kaaveriyinda gOdaavarivaregirpa by Amogha Varsha Nripathumga English was in cradle Hindi was not born at all KANNADA is the only indian language for which a foreigner Kittal wrote a dictionary Shabda Kosha Ragale Saahithya can be seen only in KANNADA which is of a rare and different kind of literature Number of literature awards KUVEMPU got was highest among any Indian authors KANNADA Chandassu shatpadis out pared all other languages So Let us have PRIDE in using KANNADA Be proud of being a KANNADIGA