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Kannada
Kannada

Santali
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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

Origin

c. 450
20th century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

-
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Branch

-
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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

Code

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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Kannada and Santali Alphabets

Kannada and Santali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Santali. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Santali Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Kannada and Santali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Santali 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 Santali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Santali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Santali Speaking population

Kannada and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Kannada vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Santali Language Codes

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