Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Telugu
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4942
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1411
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3531
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
India
How Many People Speak
540,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Ganjami
Where They Speak
kerala
India
How Many People Speak
6,440.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Kosli
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
India
How Many People Speak
220,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
kannada
oriya
German Name
Kannada
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Odias
Origin
c. 450
3 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Odia
Language Position
3132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
ori
ISO 639 2/B
kan
ori
ISO 639 3
kan
ori
ISO 639 6
kan
ori
Glottocode
nucl1305
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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