Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Somalia
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Yemen
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Telugu
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Hello
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Fadlan
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
sorry
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Badaga
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
540,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Benaadir
Where They Speak
kerala
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
6,440.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
220,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million8.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
kannada
somali
German Name
Kannada
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Somalis
Origin
c. 450
19th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Somali
Language Position
3183
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
som
ISO 639 2/B
kan
som
ISO 639 3
kan
som
ISO 639 6
kan
som
Glottocode
nucl1305
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-