Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2149
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
grazie
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Come stai?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
buonanotte
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
buonasera
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
buongiorno
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Per Favore
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
scusate
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
arrivederci
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ti amo
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Scusami
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Badaga
Where They Speak
Lazio
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Urali
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
kerala
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Italiano
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
italien
kannada
German Name
Italienisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Italians
Kannadiga
Origin
960 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Italian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2731
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
kan
ISO 639 2/B
ita
kan
ISO 639 3
ita
kan
ISO 639 6
itas
kan
Glottocode
ital1282
nucl1305
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-