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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   
11

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   
21
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Urali   

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
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
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

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 %   
22
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
11.00 million   
21

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   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
27   
23
31   
25

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   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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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