Countries
India, Karnataka, India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
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 in
Alphabets
4932
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1415
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Urali
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
kerala
-
How Many People Speak
6,440.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Namibia
How Many People Speak
220,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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