“Kannada ene kunidaaduvudennede,kannada ene kivi nimiruvudu..”lines written by kuvempu on the ‘vishwa lipigala rani’(QUEEN OF WORLD SCRIPTS-vinoba bhave) is just apt as the third oldest language of World,as old as 2000 years is resident and alive in her full glory,which has the distinction of being 99.99% perfect -logically and scientifically,having a script of its own,which made a foreigner Kittel to learn,understand,appreciate and initiate the urge to make his contribution through a ‘shabda kosha’(dictionary),which no other Indian language can boast!
When " Kaviraja Maarga was written . . ." kaaveriyinda , godaavarivaregirpa ... " by Amogha Varsha Nripathunga, English was incradle & Hindi was not born at all.Till date seven kannadigas have won jnaanapeetha awards and number of literature awards KUVEMPU has got,is highest among any Indian authors.Ragale Saahithya can be seen only in kannada which is of a rare and different kind of literature.Chandassu (shatpadis) out pared all other languages.
Vachana,keerthane,devaranama,champu, grammar, poetry, prosody,ragale,tripadi,sangatya,shatpadi..the list goes on of the ways kannada has been explored and enriched by generations of story tellers,grammarians,poets,dramatists,novelists and what not but of all who breath and live kannada..
