Ferdinand Kittel

Reverend Ferdinand Kittel ( _kn. ಫರ್ಡಿನ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್)( 7 April 1832 in Resterhafe, East Frisia – 18 December 1903 in Tübingen) was a priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka. He is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing the first ever Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894. [cite journal| last =Manjulakshi| first =L.| authorlink =| coauthors =Shripad Bhat| title =Kannada Dialect Dictionaries and Dictionaries in Subregional Languages of Karnataka| journal =Language in India| volume =5| issue =| pages =| date =2005-09-09| url =http://www.languageinindia.com/sep2005/kannadadictionary1.html| doi =| id =| accessdate =2007-09-27 ] .

He also composed numerous Kannada poems.

Many educational institutions have been named after him. A statue at the end of Mahatma Gandhi road in the city of Bangalore commemorates him. Austin Town in Bangalore was renamed "F Kittel Nagar".

Reverend Ferdinand Kittel also wrote a book on Kannada grammar called "A Grammar of the Kannada Language: Comprising the Three Dialects of the language". [cite book| last =Kittel| first =F.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =A grammar of the Kannada language in English| publisher =Basel Mission| year =1903| location =Mangalore| pages =| url =http://www.archive.org/details/grammarofkannada00kittuoft| doi =| id = | isbn =8120600568 ]

References

ee also

* Kannada language
* Kannada grammar
* Shabdamanidarpana

External links

* [http://www.hermann-gundert-gesellschaft.de/en_kittel.HTML Ferdinand Kittel and the Cultural Dialogue with India]