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Kannada and Nepali


Nepali and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
49  
29
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
12  
9

How Many Consonants
35  
25
36  
26

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
540,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Urali  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
kerala  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
5.00 million  
99+

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
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Nepali  

Language Position
31  
29
59  
99+

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  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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

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