Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Germany
Second Language
Goa
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Telugu
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1410
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
359
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
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
hallo
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Danke
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
guten Tag
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
guten Morgen
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
bitte
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Verzeihung
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Tschüs
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Badaga
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
540,000.004,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Swabian German
Where They Speak
kerala
Germany
How Many People Speak
6,440.00820,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Texas German
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Texas
How Many People Speak
220,000.006,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2028
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million229.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %1.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million101.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million128.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
kannada
allemand
German Name
Kannada
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Germans
Origin
c. 450
6th Century AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
319
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
de
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
deu
ISO 639 2/B
kan
ger
ISO 639 3
kan
deu
ISO 639 6
kan
deus
Glottocode
nucl1305
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic