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Kannada
Kannada

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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4929
18 247
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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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

2020
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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
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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

History

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

Code

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

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Kannada and Yoruba Alphabets

Kannada and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Yoruba. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Kannada and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Kannada and Yoruba Language Codes

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