Kannada ugliest language row: Karnataka to take legal action against Google

New Delhi: Twitter was filled with anger and rage as google’s search of ‘ugliest language of India’ showed Kannada as the result. Reacting to this The Karnataka government said that it will take legal action against tech giant Google following outrage

Kannada & Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali said a notice will be issued to Google.

Social media was filled with anger and rage as google’s search of ‘ugliest language of India’ showed Kannada as the result. By around 3 pm, Google altered the results for the search amidst widespread criticism.

A Google query on “ugliest language in India” showed Kannada as the answer, screenshots of which were shared widely by users. The Google answer was sourced from a website, which was mass reported by users. This double standard has left the Kannadigas confused as to what Google really thinks of their beloved language. By around 3 pm, Google altered the results for the search amidst widespread criticism.

“Kannada language has a history of its own, having come into existence as many as 2,500 years ago! It has been the pride of Kannadigas all through these two-and-a-half millennia. If Kannada is now called ugliest language in India, it is merely an attempt by Google to insult this pride of Kannadigas,” Limbavali said in a tweet.

ಆದರೆ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟ(ugliest) ಭಾಷೆ ಎಂದರೆ ನಮ್ಮ ನುಡಿಯಾದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ ಹೀಗಾಗಿ @Google ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದೆ, ಈ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆದಷ್ಟು ಬೇಗ ಗೂಗಲ್ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ ಕ್ಷಮೆ ಕೇಳಬೇಕು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯ ಕುರಿತು ಅಪಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮಾಡಿದ @Google ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕಾನೂನು ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುವುದು.

— Aravind Limbavali (@ArvindLBJP) June 3, 2021

Twitter debate

Dear @sundarpichai , @GoogleIndia@Google

Kannada is one of the oldest language in the world. It’s a beautiful language. Please make changes. Everyone loves their mother tongue ,there cannot be ugliest language.

Please do the needful pic.twitter.com/imU058Rzt0

— Ashwini M Sripad/ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಎಂ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದ್ (@AshwiniMS_TNIE) June 3, 2021

It’s oldest language in South India
It isn’t the ugliest language.
It’s the most beautiful language
We love Kannada than ever..!
Must delete that search results..!@Google @GoogleIndia @googlechrome @searchliaison #Kannada @nimmaupendra @ajavgal @Kanagalogy #proudkannadiga pic.twitter.com/gwL0ldEcot

— VARUN SHIVARA || ವರುಣ್ ಶಿವಾರ (@iamvarunkumarm) June 3, 2021

Been seeing many posts regarding google showing ugliest language is kannada. We respect our language and our language is the oldest language which is 2500 years (aprox) old. So requesting my dear #kannadaigas to type out Queen of languages in the world. It shows #Kannada pic.twitter.com/Lw6oGocjxO

— Shrusti Patil (@shrustibcpatil) June 3, 2021

Queen of all languages in World – #Kannada #ಕನ್ನಡ ?❤️ ಜೈ ಭುವನೇಶ್ವರಿ ? #Google pic.twitter.com/NLOpu2vgTr

— Yash Cult F&C ❄️ (@FilmsCricket) June 3, 2021

Home to the great Vijayanagara Empire, #Kannada language has a rich heritage, a glorious legacy and a unique culture. One of the world’s oldest languages Kannada had great scholars who wrote epics much before Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the 14th century. Apologise @GoogleIndia. pic.twitter.com/Xie927D0mf

— P C Mohan (@PCMohanMP) June 3, 2021

Report it with desktop mode .
Respect all languages.
Kannada is one of the oldest and beautiful languages @Google #Kannada pic.twitter.com/mGmUJ3oTEo

— Namrata S Bhat❤️ (@Namrata_S_Bhat) June 3, 2021

Kannada doesn’t belong to Kannadiga’s alone, it belongs to South India,we Tamils may have differences with Kannadiga but they are our brothers and we will support Kannada, many Tamils live in Karnataka and many Kannadigas live in Tamil Nadu #Kannada

— விடை கொடு எங்கள் நாடே கடல் வாசல் தெளிக்கும் வீடே (@SenguntharTamil) June 3, 2021

ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ, ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ?❤️
It’s the language with history of 2500+ years !!!
Respect Kannada, it isn’t the ugliest language
It’s the most beautiful language you can come across ❤️
It’s queen of all languages?#queenoflanguages
#Kannada #ಕನ್ನಡ #ShameOnYouGoogle

— Basavaraj N G (@Basav__raj__8) June 3, 2021