Countries
India, Karnataka, India
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Latvia
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Telugu
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4933
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
149
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3524
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
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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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Sveiki
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Paldies
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Labdien
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Labrīt
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
lūdzu
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Piedodiet!
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Badaga
Livonian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Latvia
How Many People Speak
540,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Urali
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
kerala
Latvia
How Many People Speak
6,440.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
220,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Lettish
French Name
kannada
letton
German Name
Kannada
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Latvians or Letts
Origin
c. 450
1530
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Latvian
Language Position
319
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
lav
ISO 639 2/B
kan
lav
ISO 639 3
kan
lav
ISO 639 6
kan
lav
Glottocode
nucl1305
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic