Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India
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
Not Available
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Telugu
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Not present
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Urali
Not present
Where They Speak
kerala
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Not Available
French Name
kannada
sanskrit
German Name
Kannada
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Not Available
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1305
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Kannada and Sanskrit Speaking population
Kannada and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Kannada vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kannada and Sanskrit Language Codes
Kannada and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.