MISC@1 was the first MISC@2 language to be accorded the status of classical language by the Government of LOCATION@1 in NUMBER@1 and had about NUMBER@2 million native speakers .

MISC@1 was accorded the status of classical language by the Government of LOCATION@1 in NUMBER@1 and had about NUMBER@2 million native speakers . Kannada had NUMBER@3 million , while LOCATION@2 had NUMBER@4 million native speakers .
