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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
South Africa

Second Language

Goa
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Telugu
Dutch Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4932
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1415
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3517
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
hallo

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Dankie

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
goeie nag

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Goeie middag

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
goeie more

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
asseblief

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
jammer

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Totsiens

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
-

How Many People Speak

540,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

kerala
-

How Many People Speak

6,440.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Namibia

How Many People Speak

220,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Cape Dutch

French Name

kannada
afrikaans

German Name

Kannada
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Afrikaners

History

Origin

c. 450
17th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

3123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
afr

ISO 639 2/B

kan
afr

ISO 639 3

kan
afr

ISO 639 6

kan
afrs

Glottocode

nucl1305
afri1274

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic

Kannada and Afrikaans Alphabets

Kannada and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Afrikaans. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Kannada and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Afrikaans languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Kannada and Afrikaans 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 Kannada and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Kannada and Afrikaans Speaking population

Kannada and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Kannada and Afrikaans on Kannada vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Afrikaans Language Codes

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