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Kannada

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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

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
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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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Telugu
Thai Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4953
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1428
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3527
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Laos

How Many People Speak

540,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

kerala
Laos

How Many People Speak

6,440.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Laos

How Many People Speak

220,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million25.00 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)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

kannada
lao

German Name

Kannada
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Lao people

History

Origin

c. 450
1283 CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Lao

Language Position

3143
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
lao

ISO 639 2/B

kan
lao

ISO 639 3

kan
lao

ISO 639 6

kan
lao

Glottocode

nucl1305
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Lao Alphabets

Kannada and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Lao. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Kannada and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Lao 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 Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Lao Speaking population

Kannada and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Kannada vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Lao Language Codes

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