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Kannada and Finnish


Finnish and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
49  
29
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
8  
5

How Many Consonants
35  
25
13  
3

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Urali  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
0.01 million  
99+

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  

History

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
31  
29
22  
20

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Kannada and Finnish Speaking population

Kannada and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Kannada vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Finnish Language Codes

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

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