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⏩Karnataka is the 3rd most multilingual state in India. 40% of Karnataka's population speaks two languages, while 13% speaks more than two languages. This is higher than the national averages of 26% for bilingual people and 7% for trilingual.

⏩Karnataka is the most multilingual in South India
Among southern states, Karnataka leads Tamil Nadu (28% bilingual, 4% multilingual), Puducherry (31% bilingual, 6% multilingual), Andhra Pradesh (25.5% bilingual, 8% multilingual), and Kerala (24% bilingual, 9.5% multilingual)

⏩Even Kannada has many dialects.
Presently, at least three well-defined regional dialects, popularly known as Mysore-Kannada, Dharwad-Kannada and Mangalore-Kannada are spoken in the three respective cultural centers of Karnataka i.e. Mysore, Dharwad and Mangalore.

⏩At least 10 tribal languages in Karnataka are endangered, including Koraga, Irula, Soliga, Badaga, Yerava, Gouli, Bettakuruba, Jenukuruba, Siddi and Hakki Pikki.

⏩Here are the 20 most spoken languages in India:
Kannada 66.49865
Urdu 10.82651
Telugu 5.83896
Tamil 3.45183
Marathi 3.37785
Hindi 3.29354
Tulu 2.60923
Konkani 1.28952
Malayalam 1.26623
Gujarati 0.18749
Coorgi/Kodagu 0.18077
Bengali 0.14389
Odia 0.10489
Tibetan 0.04506
Punjabi 0.04250
English 0.03800
Nepali 0.03153
Sindhi 0.02773
Assamese 0.01615
Manipuri 0.00671
Kashmiri 0.00554
Bhili/Bhilodi 0.00429
Maithili 0.00296
Sanskrit 0.00199
Arabic/Arbi 0.00190

Source of information: census india

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