Under kannadigas like vengi Chalukya ruler Vimaladitya, Vengi still carried powerful Kannada influence Kannada inscriptions from Ramatirtham ,Vizianagaram. along with Kannada poets like Adikavi Pampa and Ponna from Vengi, show how strongly Kannada language and culture once flourished across Andhra.
The Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi originally branched from the Badami Chalukyas of Karnataka, so early Vengi polity carried strong Kannada cultural and administrative influence into the Andhra region. During rulers like Vimaladitya, Kannada was actively used in inscriptions alongside Sanskrit and early Telugu. Regions around present-day coastal Andhra and north Andhra saw Kannada-speaking officials, Jain scholars, and poets connected to the Chalukya courts. Famous Kannada literary figures like Adikavi Pampa and Ponna were linked to Vengi origins, showing that Kannada literary culture had deep roots there. Over time, Telugu gradually became dominant due to local population growth and later Telugu dynasties, but during much of the Eastern Chalukya period, Vengi functioned as a major zone of Kannada political and cultural influence in Andhra.