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 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
-
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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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
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?
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
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
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
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-