Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Nigeria
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Telugu
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4936
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3528
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
kedụ
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
dalụ
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Biko
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ndo
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Kachifo
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Badaga
Enuani
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
540,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Ngwa
Where They Speak
kerala
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
6,440.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
220,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
igbo
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Ibo
French Name
kannada
igbo
German Name
Kannada
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Igbo people
Origin
c. 450
30th Century BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Igbo
Language Position
3157
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
kan
ibo
ISO 639 3
kan
ibo
ISO 639 6
kan
ibo
Glottocode
nucl1305
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative