Kannada, like Malayalam and Tamil, is a South Dravidian language and a descendant of Tamil-Kannada, from which it derives its grammar and core vocabulary. Its history can be divided into three stages: Old Kannada, or Haḷegannaḍa from 450 to 1200 AD, Middle Kannada (Naḍugannaḍa) from 1200 to 1700 and Modern Kannada (Hosagannaḍa) from 1700 to the present.
kannada like malayalam and tamil is a south dravidian language and a descendant of tamil-kannada from which it derives its grammar and core vocabulary its history can be divided into three stages old kannada or haḷegannaḍa from 450 to 1200 ad middle kannada (naḍugannaḍa) from 1200 to 1700 and modern kannada (hosagannaḍa) from 1700 to the present