Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Goa
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Telugu
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
147
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3517
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Greece
How Many People Speak
540,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Griko
Where They Speak
kerala
Italy
How Many People Speak
6,440.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
220,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2025
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
kannada
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kannada
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
c. 450
1500 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Greek
Language Position
3174
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
ell
ISO 639 2/B
kan
gre
ISO 639 3
kan
ell
ISO 639 6
kan
ells
Glottocode
nucl1305
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic