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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
India, Manipur

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura

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.
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.

Similar To

Telugu
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

146
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3515
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Bengali

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Khurumjari

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Yamna nungaijare

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Athengba Ahing

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
মানিপুরি

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Nongale haugatl

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Chanbiduna

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Saobiganu

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
Chatcharage

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Eina nangbu nungsi

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
দুঃখিত

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Loi

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Burma, Laos

How Many People Speak

540,000.005,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Pangal

Where They Speak

kerala
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

6,440.00273,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Meithei proper

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India

How Many People Speak

220,000.001,250,000.00
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 million1.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million1.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
মৈইতৈইলোন

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna

French Name

kannada
Meithei

German Name

Kannada
Meithei

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Meithei people

History

Origin

c. 450
1700

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

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Tibeto-Burman

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Standard Meithei

Language Position

3138
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Meithei Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

kn
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
mni

ISO 639 2/B

kan
mni

ISO 639 3

kan
mni

ISO 639 6

kan
mni

Glottocode

nucl1305
mani1292

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Meithei Alphabets

Kannada and Meithei Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Meithei. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Kannada and Meithei languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Meithei are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Meithei Speaking population

Kannada and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. 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 Meithei on Kannada vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Meithei Language Codes

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