Countries
Nigeria
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Nigeria
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4449
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3235
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
gode ku
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
yaya dai
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Don Allah
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
yi hakuri
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
sai anjima
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ina son ku
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Badaga
Where They Speak
Ghana
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Urali
Where They Speak
Niger
kerala
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Niger
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
50.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
haoussa
kannada
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Kannadiga
Origin
14
c. 450
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Kannada
Language Position
3431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
kan
ISO 639 2/B
hau
kan
ISO 639 3
hau
kan
ISO 639 6
hau
kan
Glottocode
haus1257
nucl1305
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-