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Countries

Countries

Japan
India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Karnataka, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • 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

Korean Language
Telugu

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9949
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

514
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1435
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Kannada Script

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Badaga

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Urali

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
kerala

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.006,440.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Kurumba

Where They Speak

kansai
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00220,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3120
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

japonais
kannada

German Name

Japanisch
Kannada

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Kannadiga

History

Origin

1185
c. 450

Language Family

Japonic Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Japanese
Modern Kannada

Language Position

831
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
kn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
kan

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
kan

ISO 639 3

jpn
kan

ISO 639 6

jpn
kan

Glottocode

nucl1643
nucl1305

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese and Kannada Alphabets

Japanese and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Kannada. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Japanese and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Kannada languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

All Japanese and Kannada Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Japanese and Kannada Speaking population

Japanese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Kannada on Japanese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Kannada Language Codes

Japanese and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.