Countries
Fiji, India
India, Karnataka, India
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.
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
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
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
kerala
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Kannada
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
hind1269
nucl1305
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Hindi 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 Hindi and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Kannada language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Kannada Difficulty
The Hindi vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.