Kannada Language Resources on the Web

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Basic Information

• Information card in the Ethnologue database.
• Altavista search.

Fonts and Software

• Proprietary:
  • C-DAC, Pune: Unix, DOS, Windows, Mac; a range of wordprocessing and related software.
  • InProS: DOS, Mac; three families of TrueType fonts.
  • LaserKannada: Mac system 6.0.7 or later; TrueType or Type 1 plain, bold italic or bold-italic styles in various sizes; InduScript keyboard mapping; consistent with other languages.
  • Unitype: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0; multi-language software including translations between supported languages.
  • Vijay: DOS, Mac; TrueType, OS/2 and PostScript fonts.
• Shareware/freeware:
  • Baraha: Windows; converts documents typed in Roman script to Kannada; both 16 and 32 bit versions available.

Language Tutorials and Teaching Aids

History and Relationship to other Languages

The Language, Literature and Songs

• Kannada Language resources.
• Kannada poetry:
  • Translations: [1]
  • Transliterations/Original script: [Kulkarni] [Kulkarni]
• Kannada songs:
  • Transliterations: [Kulkarni]
• Kannada newspapers: [Udayavani]

Trivia

• Kannada script generation through an HTML form
• Greetings to the universe in Kannada (from the Voyager spacecraft).

Other Pages of Kannada Links

• Multilingual PC directory
• Kannada Software Digest: Index of software from ComStar.