Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
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
NA
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 in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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)
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)
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
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Modern Kannada
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Kannada language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Kannada Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.