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Kannada and Serbian


Serbian and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Goa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Telugu  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
49  
29
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
25  
15

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Urali  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Montenegrin  

French Name
kannada  
serbe  

German Name
Kannada  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 450  
11th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
31  
29
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
srp  

ISO 639 3
kan  
srp  

ISO 639 6
kan  
srp  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kannada and Serbian Speaking population

Kannada and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Kannada vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Serbian Language Codes

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

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