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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Bhutan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Bhutan

Second Language

Goa
India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Dzongkha Development 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.
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.

Similar To

Telugu
Sikkimese Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Tibetan Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4995
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3530
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks38 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Kuzoozangpo La

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Kaadinchhey La

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
lek shom ay zim

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
བསྐྱར་མ་

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Tsip maza

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Log Jay Gay

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Nga cheu lu ga

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Tsip maza

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Laya

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

540,000.001,100.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Lunana

Where They Speak

kerala
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

6,440.00700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Adap

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

220,000.00130,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

204
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million0.64 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million0.17 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million0.47 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar

French Name

kannada
dzongkha

German Name

Kannada
Dzongkha

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Ngalop people

History

Origin

c. 450
17th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
Tibeto-Burman

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Dzongkha

Language Position

3131
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
dz

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
dzo

ISO 639 2/B

kan
dzo

ISO 639 3

kan
dzo

ISO 639 6

kan
dzo

Glottocode

nucl1305
nucl1307

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Dzongkha Alphabets

Kannada and Dzongkha Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Dzongkha. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters. To learn Kannada and Dzongkha languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Dzongkha are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Dzongkha Speaking population

Kannada and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Kannada vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Dzongkha Language Codes

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