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Arabic and Kannada


Kannada and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Telugu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
14  
11

How Many Consonants
28  
18
35  
25

Scripts
Arabic  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
من فضلك  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
آسف  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
وداعا  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
أحبك  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
arabe  
kannada  

German Name
Arabisch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
512 CE  
c. 450  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
25  
23
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
kan  

ISO 639 3
ara  
kan  

ISO 639 6
ara  
kan  

Glottocode
arab1395  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Arabic and Kannada Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Kannada Speaking population

Arabic and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Kannada on Arabic vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Kannada Language Codes

Arabic and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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