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 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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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)
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?
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
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
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