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Kannada Resources

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Digital Libraries

  • The Alternative Kannada Dictionary [1]
  • Encyclopedia Britannica [2]
    General information about Kannada, its history, and speakers
  • Kannadakasturi.com [3]
    Online dictionary for medical terminology

Language Study

Grammar

  • Verbix [4]
    Free verb conjugator

Vocabulary

  • Learn Kannada [5]
    Provides a list of words, short phrases, and sentences
  • Wikitravel Phrasebook [6]
    Detailed introduction to Kannada pronunciation and basic phrases
  • Kannada language [7]
    Basic vocabulary lessons

Reading & Writing

  • Omniglot [8]
    Kannada alphabet and pronunciation

Listening & Speaking

  • Coming soon!

Online Courses & Materials [9]

  • Central Institute of Indian Languages [10]
  • Spoken Kannada: Preliminary Lessons [11]
    Introduces a beginner to spoken Kannada and basic grammar

Culture

News & Media

  • Mondotimes [12]
    Local news in Kannada
  • Karnataka.com [13]
    Media resources in English and Kannada for Karnataka

Arts, Films, & Music

  • Bharat Movies [14]
    Kannada online movie index
  • Smashhits.com [15]
    Online index for movie soundtracks in Kannada

Information about Mysore, India

  • Mysore on Wikipedia [16]
  • Mysore - City of Palaces: Travel Guide [17]
  • Indian Holiday Tours Travel: Tourism in Mysore [18]
  • Mysore.net [19]
  • Mysore City Guide [20]

The UI Main Library Films Collection

The UI Main Library offers extensive media collections in various languages. To find films, please visit the UI Main Library website [21] and follow these steps:

  1. Select "advanced search"
  2. Scroll down to "Limit Search to:"
  3. Choose your specific language and
  4. Choose "Video-all" for "format."

We recommend: Preethi Prema Pranaya (2003). This movie comes with English subtitles, so it is easy to follow for beginners.

Iowa City Public Library Catalogue

The Iowa City Public Library holds materials for several less commonly taught languages. Please check the catalogue [22] by typing the name of your language.

Search Engines and Directories

  • Association of Kannada Kootas of America [23]
1111 University Capitol Centre The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 USA +1-319-353-2700

Source URL (retrieved on 2013-05-18 12:47): http://international.uiowa.edu/node/1765

Links:
[1] http://www.alternative-dictionaries.net/dictionary/Kannada/
[2] http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311191/Kannada-language
[3] http://www.kannadakasturi.com/kasturitech/start.asp?groupid=14
[4] http://www.verbix.com/
[5] http://www.languageshome.com/English-Kannada.htm
[6] http://wikitravel.org/en/Kannada_phrasebook#Kannada_Phrases
[7] http://www.masteranylanguage.com/cgi/f/pCat.pl?tc=MALKannada&vm=fc&la=
[8] http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kannada.htm
[9] http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%2170F64BC910C9F7F3%211344.entry
[10] http://www.kannada-online.info/Introduction/Welcome.htm
[11] http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/kannada/
[12] http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/in/198/4577
[13] http://www.karnataka.com/media
[14] http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/info/moviepages.htm
[15] http://ww.smashits.com/kannada/music-28-movies-a.html
[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore
[17] http://www.mysore.org.uk/
[18] http://www.tourism-of-india.com/mysore.html
[19] http://www.mysore.net/
[20] http://www.webindia123.com/city/karnata/mysore/intro.htm
[21] http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/
[22] http://alec.icpl.org/
[23] http://akkaonline.org/index.shtml