Countries
India, Karnataka, India
European Union, Finland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Goa
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Telugu
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3513
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
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Moi
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Kiitos
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
haluta
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Anteeksi
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Heippa
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Badaga
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Finland
How Many People Speak
540,000.005,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Rauma
Where They Speak
kerala
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
6,440.005,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
220,000.0060,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million5.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million5.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million0.01 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Suomi
French Name
kannada
finnois
German Name
Kannada
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
ethnic Finns
Origin
c. 450
1543
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
standard Finnish
Language Position
3122
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
fi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
fin
ISO 639 2/B
kan
fin
ISO 639 3
kan
fin
ISO 639 6
kan
fin
Glottocode
nucl1305
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic