Countries
India, Karnataka, India
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Goa
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Telugu
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4932
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3527
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Halo
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Dankon
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Bonan matenon
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Mi petas
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Ĝis poste
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Badaga
Not present
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Not present
How Many People Speak
540,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Urali
Not present
Where They Speak
kerala
Not present
How Many People Speak
6,440.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Not present
How Many People Speak
220,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
200
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
kannada
espéranto
German Name
Kannada
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Esperanto speakers
Origin
c. 450
1887
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Esperanto
Language Position
3133
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
epo
ISO 639 2/B
kan
epo
ISO 639 3
kan
epo
ISO 639 6
kan
epo
Glottocode
nucl1305
espe1235
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative