Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Indonesia
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Telugu
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3521
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Halo
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
matur nuwun
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Badaga
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
540,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Cirebon
Where They Speak
kerala
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
6,440.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Arekan
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
220,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2016
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %1.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
kannada
javanais
German Name
Kannada
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
c. 450
450 AD
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Javanese
Language Position
3111
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
jav
ISO 639 2/B
kan
jav
ISO 639 3
kan
jav
ISO 639 6
kan
jav
Glottocode
nucl1305
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative