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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Telugu
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4952
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1416
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3536
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
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Namaskar
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Chike
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Maf kor
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Adeus
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Badaga
Antruz
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Goa
How Many People Speak
540,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Not present
Where They Speak
kerala
-
How Many People Speak
6,440.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
220,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
201
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
kannada
konkani
German Name
Kannada
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Konkanis
Origin
c. 450
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Kokani
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
kok
ISO 639 2/B
kan
kok
ISO 639 3
kan
kok
ISO 639 6
kan
kok
Glottocode
nucl1305
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-