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Kannada
Kannada

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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Nepal

Second Language

Goa
Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
People's Republic of China

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Language Academy of Nepal

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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.

Similar To

Telugu
Hindi

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4948
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1412
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

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
नमस्ते (namaste)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good afternoon

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
कृपया

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
नमस्ते (namaste)

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Doteli

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Nepal

How Many People Speak

540,000.00790,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Bajhangi

Where They Speak

kerala
India, Nepal

How Many People Speak

6,440.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Baitadeli

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Nepal

How Many People Speak

220,000.0017,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2012
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
नेपाली (nēpālī)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate

French Name

kannada
népalais

German Name

Kannada
Nepali

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[neˈpali]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu

History

Origin

c. 450
19 BC

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Nepali

Language Position

3159
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
ne

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
nep

ISO 639 2/B

kan
nep

ISO 639 3

kan
npi

ISO 639 6

kan
nep

Glottocode

nucl1305
nepa1254

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Kannada and Nepali Alphabets

Kannada and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Nepali. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Kannada and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Nepali Speaking population

Kannada and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Kannada vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Nepali Language Codes

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