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Kannada
Kannada

Burmese
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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Myanmar

Second Language

Goa
Bangladesh, Burma

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Mon

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Myanmar Language Commission

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.

Similar To

Telugu
Thai Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4933
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1412
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3533
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Tangut

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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Arakanese

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak

540,000.002,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Tavoyan

Where They Speak

kerala
Myanmar

How Many People Speak

6,440.00440,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Intha

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Burma

How Many People Speak

220,000.0090,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

205
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million43.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.50 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million33.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name

kannada
birman

German Name

Kannada
Birmanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[bəmɛ̀]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Bamar people

History

Origin

c. 450
1113 AD

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

-
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Modern Burmese

Language Position

3143
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
my

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
mya

ISO 639 2/B

kan
bur

ISO 639 3

kan
mya

ISO 639 6

kan
mya

Glottocode

nucl1305
sout3159

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Isolating

Kannada and Burmese Alphabets

Kannada and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Burmese. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Kannada and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Burmese Speaking population

Kannada and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Kannada vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Burmese Language Codes

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