Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Hong Kong, Macau
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Hawaii
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Telugu
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4928
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3520
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
510
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
您好
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
谢谢
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
你好吗？
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
晚安
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
下午好
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
早上好
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
请
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
遗憾
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
再见
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
我爱你
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Badaga
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
540,000.0071,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Xiguan
Where They Speak
kerala
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
6,440.0071,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
220,000.0070,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million52.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million71.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
kannada
cantonais
German Name
Kannada
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 450
17th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
311
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Cantonese
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
kn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
yue
ISO 639 2/B
kan
yue
ISO 639 3
kan
No data available
ISO 639 6
kan
yue
Glottocode
nucl1305
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-