Is Malayalam derived from Kannada?
Kannada is a south Indian language spoken in Karnataka state of India. Kannada is originated from the Dravidian Language. Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam are the other South Indian Languages originated from Dravidian Language.
How is Kannada different from Telugu?
Kannada script bears resemblance to the Telugu script, and the two of them have a common ancestry in the old Telugu-Kannada script. Kannada language is closer to Tamil and Malayalam than Telugu language and script.
How similar is Malayalam to Telugu and Kannada?
Malayalam has kind of mixed grammar (Tamil+Sanskrit). I know many people debate this point, old Telugu and hale Kannada has lot more similarity with Tamil than modern Kannada and Telugu. In script -Telugu and Kannada shares kind of similar Grantha script (not fully). Tamil and Kannada has more vocabulary similarity than Telugu and kannada.
Is it easier to read Kannada if you don’t know Telugu?
A Telugu person who doesn’t know either Kannada or Tamil will find Kannada easier because of similarities in pronunciation and can read Kannada without putting much effort due to similar scripts. Some of the Kannada actors and actresses like Upendra, Prakash Raj, Soundarya, Pranitha Subhash etc speak fluent Telugu just like a native.
What is the origin of the Kannada language?
Kannada is the language spoken by the people of Karnataka. The alphabets of Kannada script are developed from Chalukya and Kadamba scripts which are believed to have originated from the old Brahmi script. Kannada script bears resemblance to the Telugu script, and the two of them have a common ancestry in the old Telugu-Kannada script.
What are the similarities between Tamil and Telugu?
But the evolved (modern)Tamil has minor similarities with Telugu. The less similarities with other Dravidian languages might be due to the origination of Telugu. Telugu is called as South Central Dravidian language whereas Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada are South Dravidan languages.