Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Goa
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Telugu
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4954
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1418
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3536
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Vedda
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
540,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
kerala
-
How Many People Speak
6,440.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
220,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
201
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
kannada
singhalais
German Name
Kannada
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Sinhalese people
Origin
c. 450
3
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
3170
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
sin
ISO 639 2/B
kan
sin
ISO 639 3
kan
sin
ISO 639 6
kan
sin
Glottocode
nucl1305
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional