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Croatian vs Kannada


Kannada vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Telugu   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
25   
15
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
hvala   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
kako si   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
molim   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
Volim te   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
hrvatski   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
croate   
kannada   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 450   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
23   
19
31   
25

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
kan   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Croatian and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Kannada language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Kannada Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Kannada language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Kannada Difficulty

The Croatian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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