Edited sentence: , has been greatly influenced by Sanskrit in terms of vocabulary, grammar and literary styles.During later centuries, Kannada, along with other Dravidian languages like Telugu, Malayalam, etc.However, the archaeological evidence would indicate a written tradition for this language of around 1500-1600 years.Kannada is one of the oldest Dravidian languages with an antiquity of at least 2000 years.The initial development of the Kannada language is similar to that of other Dravidian languages and independent of Sanskrit.The spoken language is said to have separated from its proto-Dravidian source earlier than Tamil and about the same time as Tulu