Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Nigeria
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Yoruba 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Telugu
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4929
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3517
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
e dupe
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
e kaasan
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
e kaaro
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Jowo
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
binu
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
bye
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Badaga
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
540,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Ede
Where They Speak
kerala
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
6,440.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
220,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
kannada
yoruba
German Name
Kannada
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Yoruba people
Origin
c. 450
4 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Yorùbá
Language Position
3149
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
yor
ISO 639 2/B
kan
yor
ISO 639 3
kan
yor
ISO 639 6
kan
yor
Glottocode
nucl1305
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating