Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Telugu
Finnish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
149
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3518
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
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Tere
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
aitäh
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Head ööd
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Tere hommikust
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Palun
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Vabandust
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Head aega
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Badaga
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
540,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Tartu
Where They Speak
kerala
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
6,440.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
220,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Eesti keel
French Name
kannada
estonien
German Name
Kannada
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Estonians
Origin
c. 450
13th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Estonian
Language Position
3122
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
est
ISO 639 2/B
kan
est
ISO 639 3
kan
est
ISO 639 6
kan
est
Glottocode
nucl1305
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative