This language is also the official language of Singapore and Sri Lanka.
It is the official language of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil, a Dravidian language, is spoken predominantly by Tamilians, people of Tamil Nadu, a state in the Republic of India. indicating it being the administrative language of that time. The Kannada script can be found in a Halmidi inscription dating back to 450 C.E. The earliest example of a Kannada language can be seen in the stone inscription containing Brahmi characters with characteristics of Proto-Kannada. Influences of other languages such as Pali and Prakrit can also be seen in the Kannada language. According to some scholars, Kannada and Tamil developed as independent languages soon after their origin from the Proto-Tamil-Kannada sub-group nearly about the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. The Kannada language has resemblances to the Malayalam and Tamil language rather than Telugu in script and language. These scripts are believed to be originated from the old Brahmi script. Its alphabets are developed from the Kadamba and Chalukya scripts. Kannada is a South Dravidian language which is spoken by people of the Karnataka state of the Republic of India. They are similar languages and have descended from the Dravidian family of languages. Kannada and Tamil are among the 22 national languages listed in the Constitution of the Republic of India.
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