|District|Population|Most prevalent mother tongue| 

No of speakers|Percentage| 

Second prevalent mother tongue|no of speakers|Percentage|Third most prevalent mother tongue|no of speakers|percentage|Fourth most spoken mother tongue|no of speakers|percentage|

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|Belgaum|4,779,661|Kannada|3269063|68.39528996|Marathi|893910|18.70%|Urdu|467816|9.79%|Telugu|39764|0.8319418469|

|Bagalkot|1,889,752|Kannada|1626549|86.07208777|Urdu|175688|9.30%|Hindi|40103|2.12%|Marathi|28032|1.483369246|

|Bijapur|2,177,331|Kannada|1632148|74.9609499|Urdu|339009|15.57%|Hindi|132798|6.10%|Marathi|53735|2.467929773|

|Bidar|1,703,300|Kannada|902186|52.96694652|Marathi|313176|18.39%|Urdu|292209|17.16%|Hindi|115829|6.800270064|

|Raichur|1,928,812|Kannada|1444074|74.86857195|Urdu|223211|11.57%|Telugu|156431|8.11%|Hindi|72257|3.746191956|

|Koppal|1,389,920|Kannada|1168653|84.08059457|Urdu|102026|7.34%|Telugu|57899|4.17%|Hind|45508|3.274145275|

|Gadag|1,064,570|Kannada|908322|85.32290033|Urdu|89149|8.37%|Hindi|39418|3.70%|Telugu|8903|0.8363001024|

|Dharwad|1,847,023|Kannada|1294476|70.08445482|Urdu|339854|18.40%|Marathi|58169|3.15%|Hindi - Telugu|43000|2.32807063|

|Uttara Kannada|1,437,169|Kannada|795570|55.35674649|Konkani|261807|18.22%|Urdu|170037|11.83%|Marathi|136775|9.516973995|

|Haveri|1,597,668|Kannada|1234821|77.28896116|Urdu|282850|17.70%|Hindi|50392|3.15%|Telugu|15575|0.9748583561|

|Bellary|2,452,595|Kannada|1764713|71.95289071|Urdu|277947|11.33%|Telugu|237403|9.68%|Hindi|117956|4.809436536|

|Chitradurga|1,659,456|Kannada|1382860|83.33212812|Urdu|121651|7.33%|Telugu|89382|5.39%|Hindi|44133|2.659486|

|Davangere|1,945,497|Kannada|1516084|77.92785083|Urdu|254486|13.08%|Hindi|80013|4.11%|Telugu|54904|2.822106639|

|Shimoga|1,752,753|Kannda|1230352|70.19540118|Urdu|222700|12.71%|Tamil|73051|4.17%|Telugu|71260|4.065604224|

|Udupi|1,177,361|Kannada|502697|42.69692983|Tulu|370135|31.44%|Konkani|143155|12.16%|Urdu|54262|4.608781843|

|Chikmagalur|1,137,961|Kannada|827796|72.7437935|Urdu|84138|7.39%|Tulu|62829|5.52%|Tamil|42634|3.746525584|

|Tumkur|2,678,980|Kannada|2276105|84.96162719|Urdu (241943)|241943|9.03%|Telugu|90639|3.38%|Hindi|39119|1.460219934|

|Bangalore|9,621,551|Kannda|4278646|44.4694|Tamil (1462672)|1462672|15.20%|Telugu|1346095|13.99%|Urdu|1165438|12.11278722|

|Mandya|1,805,769|Kannada|1659823|91.91779236|Urdu|76500|4.24%|Tamil|24117|1.34%|Telugu|23457|1.299003361|

|Hassan|1,776,421|Kannada|1546200|87.04017798|Urdu|109443|6.16%|Telugu|34770|1.96%|Tulu|21672|1.219981074|

|Dakshina Kannada|2,089,649|Tulu|1014994|48.57246361|Malayalam|208383|9.97%|Konkani|207056|9.91%|Kannada|193797|9.274141255|

|Kodagu|554,519|Kannada|181087|32.65659067|Malayalam|141785|25.57%|Kodava|82421|14.86%|Tulu|49490|8.924851989|

|Mysore|3,001,127|Kannada|2429634|80.95738701|Urdu|278321|9.27%|Telugu|87239|2.91%|Tamil|66624|2.219966033|

|Gulbarga|2,566,326|Kannada|1686158|65.70318814|Urdu|465855|18.15%|Telugu|104776|4.08%|Marathi|63324|2.467496335|

|Yadgir|1,174,271|Kannada|869618|74.05598878|Urdu|140606|11.97%|Hindi|90383|7.70%|Telugu|61054|5.199310892|

|Kolar|1,536,401|Kannada|791465|51.51422057|Telugu|348256|22.67%|Urdu|197848|12.88%|Tamil|168866|10.99101081|

|Chikbalapur|1,255,104|Kannada|745111|59.36647481|Telugu|339761|27.07%|Urdu|145550|11.60%|Hindi|11147|0.888133573|

|Bangalore Ru|990,923|Kannada|710227|71.67327835|Telugu|127243|12.84%|Urdu|91353|9.22%|Tamil|32559|3.285724521|

|Ramanagar|1,082,636|Kannada|903845|83.48558518|Urdu|113812|10.51%|Telugu|23956|2.21%|Hindi|18713|1.728466447|

|Chamrajnagara|1,020,791|Kannada|879010|86.110673|Tamil (|46800|4.58%|Urdu|45166|4.42%|Telugu|33552|3.286862835|