I have received the follwing as an email from a Kannada friend. I thought it would be good motivator for Kannada students. Hope you like what you see.
About ಕನ್ನಡ Language
ಕನ್ನಡ is the third oldest language of World. (After . . . Sanskrit & Greek)
ಕನ್ನಡ is as old as 2000 years.
ಕನ್ನಡ is 99.99% perfect -logically and scientifically.
ಕನ್ನಡ igas got 7 Gnana Peetha Awards . Look at other languages . . . Hindi -- 6, Telugu - 2, Malayalam - 3, Tamil - 2.
Shri VINOBA BHAVE called ಕನ್ನಡ script as QUEEN OF WORLD SCRIPTS - " Vishwa LipigaLa RaaNi - ಕನ್ನಡ"
So called International language -- English does not have its own Script. English is written in "ROMAN"
So called National Language -- Hindi does not have its own script. Hindi is written in "Deva nagari"
Though Tamil has a script, logically it is imperfect -- as common letters are used for many pronunciations.
ಕನ್ನಡ is as old as 2000 years. You can write what you speak and you can read what you write.
When " Kaviraja Maarga was written . . ." kaaveriyinda , godaavarivaregirpa ... " by Amogha Varsha Nripathunga, English was incradle & Hindi was not born at all.
ಕನ್ನಡ is the only Indian language for which a foreigner(Kittal) wrote a dictionary (Shabda Kosha)
Ragale Saahithya can be seen only in ಕನ್ನಡ which is of a rare and different kind of literature.
Number of literature awards KUVEMPU got, was highest among any Indian authors.
ಕನ್ನಡ Chandassu (shatpadis) out pared all other languages
So Let us have PRIDE in using ಕನ್ನಡ. Be proud of being a KANNADIGA
Forward this to all your friends and let them also be PROUD to be KANNADIGAS.
