KANARESE  , a See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of the See also:

• DRAVIDIAN (Sanskrit Dravida)

Dravidian See also:

• FAMILY

family, spoken by about ten millions of See also:

• PEOPLE

people in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, chiefly in See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore, See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad, and the adjoining districts of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras and Bombay . It has an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient literature, written in an See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet closely resembling that employed for See also:

• TELUGU

Telugu . Since the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Kanarese-speaking people have largely adopted the See also:

• LINGAYAT (from linga, the emblem of Siva)

Lingayat See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of faith, which may be described as an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Brahmanical See also:

• SECT

sect of See also:

• SIVA

Siva worshippers (see See also:

• HINDUISM

HINDUISM) . Most of them are agriculturists, but they also engage actively in See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade .