Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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
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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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Telugu
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3529
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Silaw
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Sipas
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Bayanit bash
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bibûre
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Badaga
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
540,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
kerala
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
6,440.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
220,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
kannada
kurde
German Name
Kannada
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Kurds
Origin
c. 450
16th century CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Kurdish
Language Position
3114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
kur
ISO 639 2/B
kan
kur
ISO 639 3
kan
kur
ISO 639 6
kan
kur
Glottocode
nucl1305
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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