Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Japan
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Palau
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Telugu
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4999
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3514
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
540,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Hakata
Where They Speak
kerala
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
6,440.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Kansai
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
kansai
How Many People Speak
220,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2031
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
日本語
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Nihongo
French Name
kannada
japonais
German Name
Kannada
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
c. 450
1185
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Japanese
Language Position
318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
kan
jpn
ISO 639 3
kan
jpn
ISO 639 6
kan
jpn
Glottocode
nucl1305
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic