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Kannada
Kannada

Swahili
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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Telugu
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4924
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
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Habari

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Asante

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Habari gani?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Habari za asubuhi

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
tafadhali

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
pole

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
bye

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
nakupenda

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

540,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Kimrima

Where They Speak

kerala
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

6,440.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

220,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2012
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

kannada
swahili

German Name

Kannada
Swahili

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

c. 450
6th century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Swahili

Language Position

3121
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
swa

ISO 639 2/B

kan
swa

ISO 639 3

kan
swa

ISO 639 6

kan
swa

Glottocode

nucl1305
swah1254

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Kannada and Swahili Alphabets

Kannada and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Swahili. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Kannada and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Swahili Speaking population

Kannada and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Kannada vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Swahili Language Codes

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