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Kannada
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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Ghana

Second Language

Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Akan Orthography 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.
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.

Similar To

Telugu
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1410
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3516
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ete-sen

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
meda ase

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
maadwo

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
maadwo

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
maaha

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
maakye

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
wae

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Kafra

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
bye

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Asante

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Ghana

How Many People Speak

540,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Akuapem

Where They Speak

kerala
Ghana

How Many People Speak

6,440.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Fante

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Ghana

How Many People Speak

220,000.001,900,000.00
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 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Akan

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Twi, Fante

French Name

kannada
akan

German Name

Kannada
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Akan people

History

Origin

c. 450
15

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Akan

Language Position

31104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
aka

ISO 639 2/B

kan
aka

ISO 639 3

kan
aka

ISO 639 6

kan
aka

Glottocode

nucl1305
akan1251

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Akan Alphabets

Kannada and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Akan. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Kannada and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Akan 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 Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Akan Speaking population

Kannada and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Kannada vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Akan Language Codes

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