Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Bulgaria
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Telugu
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4930
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3536
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
540,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
kerala
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
6,440.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
220,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2058
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Balgarski
French Name
kannada
bulgare
German Name
Kannada
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Bulgarian people
Origin
c. 450
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
3188
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
bul
ISO 639 2/B
kan
bul
ISO 639 3
kan
bul
ISO 639 6
kan
buls
Glottocode
nucl1305
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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