Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2649
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2414
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2335
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Badaga
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Urali
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
kerala
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Kurumba
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
chinois
kannada
German Name
Chinesisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Han
Kannadiga
Origin
1250 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Kannada
Language Position
131
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
kan
ISO 639 2/B
chi
kan
ISO 639 3
zho
kan
ISO 639 6
zho
kan
Glottocode
sini1245
nucl1305
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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