Why Google showed Kannada as ‘ugliest language of India’ : Explained
Kannada language speakers slammed the search engine giant for insulting the historically significant language, which dates back over 2,000 years.
Google attracted a massive backlash in the country recently after it showed Kannada, a language predominantly spoken in the southwest part of India, as the answer to the search query “ugliest languages”.
Kannada language speakers slammed the search engine giant for insulting the historically significant language, which dates back over 2,000 years. According to the image shared widely on social media, the answer to the question, “What is the ugliest language in India?” was Kannada. “The answer is Kannada spoken by around 40 million people in south India,” according to a screenshot of the search results.
The Karnataka government also condemned this on Thursday and warned of appropriate action against Google. “This is a very condemnable thing. If Google or anyone else behaves in contempt of Kannada language or insults Kannada, appropriate action will be taken against them,” said Arvind Limbawali, minister for forest, Kannada and culture in Karnataka.
Limbawali also said that the secretary of the department has been briefed about the matter and has been instructed to issue a notice to Google immediately.
