Countries
India, Karnataka, India
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Goa
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Telugu
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1424
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3523
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
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
540,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Wu
Where They Speak
kerala
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,440.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Yue
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
220,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %16.00 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million873.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
kannada
chinois
German Name
Kannada
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Han
Origin
c. 450
1250 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Chinese
Language Position
311
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
zho
ISO 639 2/B
kan
chi
ISO 639 3
kan
zho
ISO 639 6
kan
zho
Glottocode
nucl1305
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating