Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Telugu
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Henda ho
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Boge Setak’
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
দয়া করে
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
দুঃখিত
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Hariau
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Badaga
Mahali
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
India
How Many People Speak
540,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Not present
Where They Speak
kerala
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How Many People Speak
6,440.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
220,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
201
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
kannada
santal
German Name
Kannada
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 450
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Santali
Language Position
3141
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
sat
ISO 639 2/B
kan
sat
ISO 639 3
kan
sat
ISO 639 6
kan
sat
Glottocode
nucl1305
sant1410
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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