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
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
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
أحبك
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Badaga
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Sudan
kerala
Dialect 3
Levantine
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Kannada
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
nucl1305
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic and Kannada Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Kannada language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Kannada Difficulty
The Arabic vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Kannada Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.