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Kannada
Kannada

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Countries

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
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4999
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

2031
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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)

History

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

Code

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

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Kannada and Japanese Alphabets

Kannada and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Japanese. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Kannada and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Japanese languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Japanese Speaking population

Kannada and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Kannada vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Japanese Language Codes

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