Countries
Fiji, India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4449
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1114
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3335
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Badaga
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Urali
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
kerala
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
hindi
kannada
German Name
Hindi
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Kannadiga
Origin
7th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Kannada
Language Position
531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
kan
ISO 639 2/B
hin
kan
ISO 639 3
hin
kan
ISO 639 6
hins
kan
Glottocode
hind1269
nucl1305
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-