Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Karnataka, India
Abkhazia
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Telugu
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4962
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
142
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3560
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Kannada Script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
амритана
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Амарахь
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
-
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
540,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Urali
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
kerala
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
6,440.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Sadz
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Turkey
How Many People Speak
220,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
kannada
abkhaze
German Name
Kannada
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Abkhaz people
Origin
c. 450
c. 1650
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Abkhaz
Language Position
3128
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
abk
ISO 639 2/B
kan
abk
ISO 639 3
kan
abk
ISO 639 6
kan
abks
Glottocode
nucl1305
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative