Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
India
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Telugu
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4944
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1411
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3533
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
540,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Marwari
Where They Speak
kerala
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
6,440.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
220,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
kannada
hindi
German Name
Kannada
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Hindustani people
Origin
c. 450
7th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Hindi
Language Position
315
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
hin
ISO 639 2/B
kan
hin
ISO 639 3
kan
hin
ISO 639 6
kan
hins
Glottocode
nucl1305
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic