Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Goa
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Telugu
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4944
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3532
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
sannu
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
gode ku
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
yaya dai
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
barka da rana
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
mai kyau safe
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Don Allah
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
yi hakuri
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
sai anjima
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Badaga
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Ghana
How Many People Speak
540,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
kerala
Niger
How Many People Speak
6,440.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Niger
How Many People Speak
220,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
kannada
haoussa
German Name
Kannada
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
c. 450
14
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Hausa
Language Position
3134
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
hau
ISO 639 2/B
kan
hau
ISO 639 3
kan
hau
ISO 639 6
kan
hau
Glottocode
nucl1305
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional