Talk:Kannada Brahmins
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the kannada language is a dravidian language.which implies that this is the language spoken in the dravidian regions of india. it doesnt mean that only dravidians have the license to talk this language.karnataka is a home to many indo-european people like coorgis,konkanis,coastal kannadigas(like bunts),who speak kannada. so there is no mention that kannada is a indo european language.just because some brahmins have adopted kannada or tamil as their mother toungue,doesnt change the ethnicity or origin of the language--Jayanthv86 05:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be as dramatic as the above person, but I do agree with him or her. It's a well-proven fact that the Kannada language is a Dravidian language that has absorbed many Sanskrit words. This has been studied and studied and studied by linguists and historians around the world. Whoever keeps lumping Kannada in the Indo-European category, please stop...
[edit] Indo-European peoples
What does the above word mean? As far as I know, Indo-European is a linguistic identity. As the name suggests Kannada Brahmins must be Dravidian people. Yes, Konkani Brahmins are Indo-European people but not Kannada, Tulu Brahmins of Karnataka.
If somebody wants to project the Eastern European(or Cental Asian or Middle Eastern ...whatever) admixture in Brahmins in Karnataka, he should cite some study mention so.
Manjunatha (5 Nov 2005)
