Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1114
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4135
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
nomoskaar
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
subhoraattri
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
suprobhaat
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
anugroha kori
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
biḍai
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Badaga
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Urali
Where They Speak
Western Assam
kerala
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Assam
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.30 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
assamais
kannada
German Name
Assamesisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Kannadiga
Origin
7th century A.D
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Assamese
Modern Kannada
Language Position
6531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Assamese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
kan
ISO 639 2/B
asm
kan
ISO 639 3
asm
kan
ISO 639 6
asm
kan
Glottocode
assa1263
nucl1305
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-