Wikidata:Lexicographical data/Documentation/Languages/kn

Kannada
natural language, modern language
Subclass ofKannada-Badaga Edit
Native labelಕನ್ನಡ Edit
CountryIndia Edit
Indigenous toKarnataka Edit
Linguistic typologysubject–object–verb, agglutinative language Edit
Writing systemKannada script Edit
Ethnologue language status2 Provincial Edit
Related categoryCategory:Kannada pronunciation Edit
Wikimedia language codekn Edit

This page is a documentation page for Kannada (Q33673) lexemes in WikiProject Wikidata:Lexicographical data, intended for assisting contributions to Kannada lexeme content.

Kannada is an agglutinative Dravidian language spoken by over 44 million people in and around the Indian state of Karnataka.

Wikidata:Lexemes aims to provide a CC0 licensed structured lexicographical data for everyone to use for different purposes, including for Wiktionary, the upcoming Abstract Wikipedia and external projects.

Layout edit

Every lexeme entry has the following layout:

  • Lemma (dictionary form) of the lexeme as title or headword, along with lexeme ID. Language code and lexical category is also given.
    • Senses - different meanings of the same word
    • Forms - different forms and cases of the lexeme

Structure and properties edit

Common properties to be added for lexeme entries are given below:

Statements edit

Senses edit

See sense properties by usage

Forms edit

See forms by grammatical feature

Lexical category edit

Lemma edit

Lemma is the dictionary form (base form) of the word/lexeme.

Statements edit

Forms edit

Senses edit

Maintenance edit

To do edit

Queries edit

Main page: WD:Lexicographical data/Ideas of queries

Example queries:

  1. Get all existing lexemes in Kannada: query result (query)
  2. Get the count of lexemes in Kannada belonging to different lexical categories: query result (query)
  3. Query for all Kannada nouns missing a locative case: query result (query)

Resources edit

Tools edit

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