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KANARESE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KANARESE  , a

language of the Dravidian
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family, spoken by about ten millions of
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people in
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southern India, chiefly in
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Mysore, Hyderabad, and the adjoining districts of
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Madras and Bombay . It has an ancient literature, written in an alphabet closely resembling that employed for
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Telugu . Since the 12th century the Kanarese-speaking people have largely adopted the Lingayat form of faith, which may be described as an anti-Brahmanical
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sect of
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Siva worshippers (see
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HINDUISM) . Most of them are agriculturists, but they also engage actively in trade .

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