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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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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