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German and Kannada


Kannada and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
14   
11

How Many Consonants
9   
1
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Germany   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
11.00 million   
21

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   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 450   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

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
9   
9
31   
25

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All German and Kannada Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of German and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Kannada Speaking population

German and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of German and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Kannada on German vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Kannada Language Codes

German and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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