Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Goa
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Telugu
Romanian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4936
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
147
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3529
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
mirëdita
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
mirëmengjes
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ju lutem
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Me fal
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
mirupafshim
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Badaga
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
540,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
kerala
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,440.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Italy
How Many People Speak
220,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Shqip
French Name
kannada
albanais
German Name
Kannada
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Albanians
Origin
c. 450
1462 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
kan
alb
ISO 639 3
kan
sqi
ISO 639 6
kan
sqi
Glottocode
nucl1305
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic