Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
19
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Austria
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Telugu
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3525
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
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
bok
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
hvala
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
kako si
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
laku noć
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
dobar dan
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
dobro jutro
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
molim
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Oprostite
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Doviđenja
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Volim te
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Badaga
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Croatia
How Many People Speak
540,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Chakavian
Where They Speak
kerala
Croatia
How Many People Speak
6,440.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
220,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2079
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Hrvatski
French Name
kannada
croate
German Name
Kannada
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Croats
Origin
c. 450
9th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
kan
hrv
ISO 639 3
kan
hrv
ISO 639 6
kan
hrv
Glottocode
nucl1305
croa1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic