Countries
India, Karnataka, India
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Goa
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Telugu
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
147
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3520
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
alo
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
multumesc
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
bună Dimineața
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Vă Rog
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
scuze
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
La revedere
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Badaga
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
540,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
kerala
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,440.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
220,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Română
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
kannada
roumain; moldave
German Name
Kannada
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Romanians
Origin
c. 450
1521
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Romanian
Language Position
3136
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
ron
ISO 639 2/B
kan
rum
ISO 639 3
kan
ron
ISO 639 6
kan
ron
Glottocode
nucl1305
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic