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Kannada
Kannada

Chewa
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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Telugu
Zulu language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4931
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3518
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Moni

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Zikomo

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Masana abwino

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
M'mawa wabwino

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Chonde

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
pepani

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
anatsanzikana

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

540,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

kerala
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

6,440.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

220,000.001,200,000.00
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 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

kannada
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Kannada
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Chewa people

History

Origin

c. 450
15th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Chewa

Language Position

3127
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
nya

ISO 639 2/B

kan
nya

ISO 639 3

kan
nya

ISO 639 6

kan
nya

Glottocode

nucl1305
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Chewa Alphabets

Kannada and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Chewa. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Kannada and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Chewa Speaking population

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

Kannada and Chewa Language Codes

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