Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
France, Spain
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Telugu
Spanish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Kaixo
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Gabon
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Egun on
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Mesedez
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Barkatu
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Agur
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Badaga
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
France
How Many People Speak
540,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Souletin
Where They Speak
kerala
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
6,440.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Spain
How Many People Speak
220,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
kannada
basque
German Name
Kannada
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Basque people
Origin
c. 450
c. 1000
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Basque
Language Position
3130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
kn
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
eus
ISO 639 2/B
kan
baq
ISO 639 3
kan
eus
ISO 639 6
kan
eus
Glottocode
nucl1305
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative