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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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
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  
28
220,000.00  
99+

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 %  
28

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

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
hrv  
kan  

Glottocode
croa1245  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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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