Countries
South Africa
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Telugu
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1735
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Dankie
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
goeie more
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
asseblief
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
jammer
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Totsiens
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Badaga
Where They Speak
-
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Namibia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
afrikaans
kannada
German Name
Afrikaans
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Kannadiga
Origin
17th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
kan
ISO 639 2/B
afr
kan
ISO 639 3
afr
kan
ISO 639 6
afrs
kan
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1305
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-