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Many people find learning a new Indian language daunting. However, if you know Telugu, you already have a massive head start in learning Kannada. Here is why:

Telugu and Kannada are "cousin" languages from the South Dravidian family, making them highly mutually intelligible . Their scripts are so similar that many letters share the same semi-circular shapes, and their grammar structures often mirror each other.