Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Germany
Karnataka, India
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2649
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1014
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
935
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
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Danke
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
guten Abend
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
bitte
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Verzeihung
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Tschüs
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Badaga
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Swabian German
Urali
Where They Speak
Germany
kerala
How Many People Speak
820,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Texas German
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Texas
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
6,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2820
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.39 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
101.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Deutsch
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
allemand
kannada
German Name
Deutsch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Germans
Kannadiga
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Modern Kannada
Language Position
931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed German
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
de
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
deu
kan
ISO 639 2/B
ger
kan
ISO 639 3
deu
kan
ISO 639 6
deus
kan
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
nucl1305
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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