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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Goa
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Telugu
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3521
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Hello

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Thank you

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
How are you?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Night

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Good Morning

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Please

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Sorry

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Bye

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
I love you

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
American English

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
United States of America

How Many People Speak

540,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

kerala
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

6,440.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

220,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

20188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
English

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
English

French Name

kannada
anglais

German Name

Kannada
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
English people

History

Origin

c. 450
5th Century AD

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Standard English

Language Position

313
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
eng

ISO 639 2/B

kan
eng

ISO 639 3

kan
eng

ISO 639 6

kan
engs

Glottocode

nucl1305
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Kannada and English Alphabets

Kannada and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and English. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Kannada and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and English Speaking population

Kannada and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kannada vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and English Language Codes

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