Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Wales
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Telugu
English Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
147
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
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Helô
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Diolch
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Nos da
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Bore da
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Hwyl
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Badaga
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Argentina
How Many People Speak
540,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
kerala
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
6,440.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Powys
How Many People Speak
220,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Cymraeg
French Name
kannada
gallois
German Name
Kannada
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Welsh people
Origin
c. 450
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Welsh
Language Position
3131
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
cym
ISO 639 2/B
kan
wel
ISO 639 3
kan
cym
ISO 639 6
kan
cym
Glottocode
nucl1305
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional