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Italian vs Kannada


Kannada vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
16  
6
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
27  
25
31  
29

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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Italian and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Kannada language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Kannada Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Kannada language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Kannada Difficulty

The Italian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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