Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Malaysia
Second Language
Goa
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Thailand
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Telugu
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3524
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Hai
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
terima kasih
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Selamat pagi
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
sila
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
maaf
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Badaga
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
540,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Pekal
Where They Speak
kerala
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
6,440.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Musi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
220,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2024
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
kannada
malais
German Name
Kannada
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Malaysian people
Origin
c. 450
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
3154
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
msa
ISO 639 2/B
kan
may
ISO 639 3
kan
zsm
ISO 639 6
kan
may
Glottocode
nucl1305
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative