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Did you know ...

• the Halegannada, literally "old Kannada", is an ancient form of the Kannada language?
• the Halmidi inscription, an Indian inscription, found near the tiny village of Halmidi, in Karnataka, India, is the oldest known inscription in the Kannada language?
• the 1934 film Sati Sulochana was the first ever talkie produced in the Kannada language?
• the creation of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, an Indian non-profit organization to promote the Kannada language, was first initiated by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom?
• the didactic Jain literature, Vaddaradhane, written by Shivakotiacharya in c. 900, is the earliest available prose work in the Kannada language?
• the noted medieval Telugu-language writer and poet Palkuriki Somanatha wrote important classics in Kannada and Sanskrit as well?
• the name of the village Kokrebellur, an important breeding ground for the Spot-billed Pelican (pictured), is derived from the word "Kokkare" meaning stork or pelican in the Kannada language?
• the inscription eulogising Kappe Arabhatta, a 7th century Chalukya warrior, records the earliest example of Kannada poetry metre Tripadi?
• in c. 990, Nagavarma I authored the earliest available work on the science of prosody in the Kannada language?
• in 1843 the German missionary Hermann Mögling published the first ever newspaper in the Kannada language?
• Nagavarma II, a Kannada language grammarian of the 11th century, authored important writings in prosody, rhetoric, poetics and vocabulary?
• Jagannatha Dasa is one of the widely known 18th-century saint-poets of the Kannada language?
• Kavirajamarga, the earliest extant literary work in the Kannada language, was written by King Amoghavarsha I who was a famous poet and a scholar?
• Nijaguna Shivayogi, a petty chieftain in 15th-century Karnataka, India, was a visionary writer and poet in the Kannada language?
• Sri Ponna, the classical Kannada language poet of c. 950, is considered one of the "three gems of Kannada literature?
• Shabdamanidarpana, a comprehensive and authoritative work on the grammar of the Kannada language, was written in the 13th century by the Indian linguist and poet Kesiraja?
• Vijaya Dasa, an 18th century Hindu saint from the Karnataka Haridasa tradition, composed about 25,000 devotional songs in the Kannada language?
• 11th-century "minister of war and peace" Durgasimha wrote the Kannada language version of the Panchatantra, the first Indian vernacular adaptation of these fables?