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Gujarati and Kannada


Kannada and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
-  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Telugu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
14  
11

How Many Consonants
31  
21
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Urali  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
-  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
goudjrati  
kannada  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
15  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
kan  

ISO 639 3
guj  
kan  

ISO 639 6
guj  
kan  

Glottocode
guja1252  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Kannada Speaking population

Gujarati and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Kannada on Gujarati vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Kannada Language Codes

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

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