Kannada I at the Institute of Indology and Tibetology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München


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Kannada I

Kannada (also called ‘Canarese’ in old English-language historical sources) is the leading modern literary language of India, and for its historical importance has been officially granted the status of a classical language by the Indian government. It is also the sole administrative language of the south Indian state of Karnataka, with which the Free State of Bavaria has a special agreement for scientific, technical, commercial and cultural cooperation since 2007.

Prof. Robert Zydenbos has lived in Karnataka for seventeen years and
has mastered the modern language fluently. The course “Kannada I” is an introduction to the modern written language, which has remained practically unchanged for the past eight centuries: this means that the learner gains access to eight centuries of historically important literature. The textbook for this course has been written by Prof. Zydenbos and is available here: https://crossasia-books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/xasia/catalog/book/736

The class will be offered in English.

The course is also suited as an introduction to Dravidian linguistics.

Target groups: students of Indology, linguistics, religious studies, literary studies



Vidyasagara Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos

Department of Asian Studies - Institute of Indology and Tibetology
LMU Munich
E-Mail zydenbos [at] lrz.uni-muenchen.de - zydenbos [at] uni-muenchen.de - zydenbos [at] lmu.de
Tel. (+49-89-) 2180-5782 (office)
Fax  (+49-89-) 2180-5827 (office: secretariat)
Germany

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