Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Kannada is a southern Dravidian Language and the history of Kannada is conventionally divided in three periods , Old Kannada ( 6th to 13th centuries ) , Middle Kannada ( 14th to 18th century ) and Modern Kannada ( 19th century to present ) .
Simplified: Kannada is a Dravidian language .