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Kannada
Kannada

Konkani
Konkani



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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
India

Total No. Of Countries

11
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

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
Govenment of Goa

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.
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

Similar To

Telugu
Marathi

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4952
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1416
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3536
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

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Namaskar

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Dev Borem Korum

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
kaso assa?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Sanj Borem Zavonn

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Dis Borem Zavonn

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Chike

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Maf kor

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Adeus

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
hav tujo mog korta.

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
upkar korxi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Antruz

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Goa

How Many People Speak

540,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Not present

Where They Speak

kerala
-

How Many People Speak

6,440.002,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Not present

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
-

How Many People Speak

220,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

201
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kōṅkaṇī

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese

French Name

kannada
konkani

German Name

Kannada
Konkani

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
kõkɳi

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Konkanis

History

Origin

c. 450
1209 A.D.

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Kokani

Language Position

3123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
kok

ISO 639 2/B

kan
kok

ISO 639 3

kan
kok

ISO 639 6

kan
kok

Glottocode

nucl1305
goan1235

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Kannada and Konkani Alphabets

Kannada and Konkani Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Konkani. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Konkani Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Kannada and Konkani languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Konkani are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Konkani Speaking population

Kannada and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Kannada vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Konkani Language Codes

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