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 in
Alphabets
4931
18
247
👆🏻
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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
205
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
Origin
c. 450
15th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
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
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
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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