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Kannada
Kannada

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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Goa
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Telugu
Hindi Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4953
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

149
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3541
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

540,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Saraiki

Where They Speak

kerala
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

6,440.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Doabi

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

220,000.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2030
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

kannada
pendjabi

German Name

Kannada
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Punjabis

History

Origin

c. 450
1000 AD

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

3123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

kn
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
pan

ISO 639 2/B

kan
pan

ISO 639 3

kan
pan

ISO 639 6

kan
panj

Glottocode

nucl1305
panj1256

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Kannada and Punjabi Alphabets

Kannada and Punjabi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Punjabi. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Kannada and Punjabi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Punjabi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Punjabi Speaking population

Kannada and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Kannada vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Punjabi Language Codes

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