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Kannada and English


English and Kannada


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
1   
14
33   
2

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
49   
29
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
35   
25
21   
11

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

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
540,000.00   
33
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Urali   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
kerala   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
English   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
Not Available   

French Name
kannada   
anglais   

German Name
Kannada   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Kannadiga   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 450   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Standard English   

Language Position
31   
25
3   
3

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
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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