Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Karnataka, India
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
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Telugu
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
kerala
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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
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[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Kannada
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
nucl1305
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese 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 Chinese and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Kannada language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Kannada Difficulty
The Chinese vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.