Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
India
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Telugu
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4947
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3531
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
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 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
540,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Kharwa
Where They Speak
kerala
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,440.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Surati
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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How Many People Speak
220,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
kannada
goudjrati
German Name
Kannada
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Gujaratis
Origin
c. 450
15
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
guj
ISO 639 2/B
kan
guj
ISO 639 3
kan
guj
ISO 639 6
kan
guj
Glottocode
nucl1305
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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