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Chinese and Kannada


Kannada and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Telugu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
14   
11

How Many Consonants
23   
13
35   
25

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
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Wu   
Urali   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Yue   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
chinois   
kannada   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 450   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
1   
1
31   
25

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Kannada Speaking population

Chinese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Kannada on Chinese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Kannada Language Codes

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

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