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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Pakistan

Second Language

Goa
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
India

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Telugu
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4952
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1410
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3540
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
خوش آمديد

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
گڈ مارننگ

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
معاف کرنا

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
الوداع

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
India

How Many People Speak

540,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

kerala
India

How Many People Speak

6,440.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Rekhta

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
South Asia

How Many People Speak

220,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bihari

French Name

kannada
ourdou

German Name

Kannada
Urdu

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

c. 450
12th Century CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

3120
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
urd

ISO 639 2/B

kan
urd

ISO 639 3

kan
urd

ISO 639 6

kan
urd

Glottocode

nucl1305
urdu1245

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Kannada and Urdu Alphabets

Kannada and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Urdu. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Kannada and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Urdu Speaking population

Kannada and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Kannada vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Urdu Language Codes

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