Countries
Estonia, European Union
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2749
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1835
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
aitäh
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Head ööd
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Palun
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Vabandust
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Head aega
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Badaga
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Urali
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
kerala
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Kurumba
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
eesti keel
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
estonien
kannada
German Name
Estnisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Kannadiga
Origin
13th century
c. 450
Language Family
Uralic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
-
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Estonian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
kan
ISO 639 2/B
est
kan
ISO 639 3
est
kan
ISO 639 6
est
kan
Glottocode
esto1258
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-