Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Telugu
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4964
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1410
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3542
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Meharbani
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Subho Bakhair
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Mehrbani
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Badaga
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
540,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Vicholi
Where They Speak
kerala
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
6,440.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Lari
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
220,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Sindhi
French Name
kannada
sindhi
German Name
Kannada
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Sindhi people
Origin
c. 450
711 A.D
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Sindhi
Language Position
3150
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
snd
ISO 639 2/B
kan
snd
ISO 639 3
kan
snd
ISO 639 6
kan
snd
Glottocode
nucl1305
sind1272
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-