[17] — ಕನ್ನಡ ನುಡಿ ನಡೆದು ಬಂದ ದಾರಿ
The Path Travelled by the Kannada Language
The historical journey of Kannada from Proto-Dravidian to the present — tracing regular sound changes, morphological shifts, and the development of the modern standard. Written in hosa baraha (simplified orthography, no mahaprana letters).
✅ Fully processed · 2014 · 405 pages · Source: Google Drive PDF, OCR’d via Sarvam Vision API + WX-decoded (22,230 lines, 287k Kannada chars)
Files in This Folder
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
claude-prompt.md | AI context primer (all sources) |
description-raw.md | Book description blurb from dnshankarabhat.net |
book/en/summary.md | Printed book (OCR/scan) — English — Summary / analysis |
book/kn/full.md | Printed book (OCR/scan) — Kannada — Structured text with TOC + cross-links |
book/kn/raw.md | Printed book (OCR/scan) — Kannada — Raw OCR/source — do not edit |
book/eke/full.md | Printed book (OCR/scan) — Eke romanisation — Structured text with TOC + cross-links |
youtube/kn/full.md | YouTube transcripts — Kannada — Structured text with TOC + cross-links |
Where to Start
- Don’t read Kannada? →
book/en/summary.md— English summaries - Want the phonetics? →
book/eke/full.md— Eke romanisation - Full Kannada text? →
book/kn/full.md— structured with TOC - AI context primer? →
claude-prompt.md