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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
c. 450
19 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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
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
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative