About Kannada Language | Kannada | Alphabets in Kannada

Countries

India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

Rank: 14 (Overall)

0 46

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National Language

Karnataka, India

Second Language

Goa

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

Interesting Facts

Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.

Similar To

Telugu

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

Rank: 29 (Overall)

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

Rank: 11 (Overall)

0 32

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How Many Consonants

Rank: 25 (Overall)

9 60

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Scripts

Kannada Script

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Rank: 4 (Overall)

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks

Rank: 11 (Overall)

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

540,000.00

Rank: 33 (Overall)

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Urali

Where They Speak

kerala

How Many People Speak

6,440.00

Rank: 43 (Overall)

700 80000000

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Dialect 3

Kurumba

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

220,000.00

Rank: 23 (Overall)

1400 96000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

Rank: 18 (Overall)

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million

Rank: 29 (Overall)

0.13 1200

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Speaking Population

0.58 %

Rank: 26 (Overall)

0.11 89

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Native Speakers

38.00 million

Rank: 26 (Overall)

0.13 873

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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million

Rank: 21 (Overall)

0.01 400

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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

kannada

German Name

Kannada

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga

History

Origin

c. 450

Language Family

Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Not Available

Branch

Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada

Language Position

Rank: 25 (Overall)

1 120

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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan

ISO 639 2/B

kan

ISO 639 3

kan

ISO 639 6

Not Available

Glottocode

nucl1305

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Know Alphabets in Kannada

When you start learning to write in any language the Alphabets form a skeleton of any language. Let's talk About Kannada Language, where you will learn the number of letter in Kannada Alphabets. Every language has its own set of alphabets or characters so it is necessary to know alphabets in Kannada. Kannada phonology gives Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. There are 14 vowels and 35 consonants in Kannada language. Based upon the number of alphabet, vowels and consonants in the language we can check if Kannada is one of the Most Difficult Languages. All about Kannada language is given in detail in this section.

All Kannada countries

Want to explore all Kannada countries? About Kannada language serves you with all Kannada Speaking Countries. Countries that use Kannada as official language are called as Kannada countries.

Countries that use Kannada as their National Language are: Karnataka, India.

Second language indicates to any language which the person learns in addition to first or native language.

Countries that use Kannada as second language are: Goa.

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Learn Kannada greetings

Languages are used by every human being to communicate. And communication begins with the greetings. First step to form any interaction is to learn Kannada Greetings. Whenever you are travelling to new country where in you don’t know the local language of that country then you should at least be familiar with some greetings to start any formal or informal conversion. When we talk about Kannada language, we are always interested in learning useful phrases in Kannada language.Learn Kannada greetings that can be used in formal situations:

Hello: ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank you: ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Good Morning: ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Good Evening: ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon: ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

All Kannada Language Codes

Get to know all Kannada language codes here. There are several languages spoken all over the world where in most of the languages have alternate names which come from diverse sources. All Kannada Language Codes are assigned with unique code. There is usually two or three letters code for each language. In most of the applications, these language codes are used where it is tedious to use language names.