Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Goa
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Telugu
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4947
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
148
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3522
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
pranam
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Suprabhaat
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
kripaya
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
maf karai
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Alavidā
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Badaga
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Nepal
How Many People Speak
540,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Madhubani
Where They Speak
kerala
North India
How Many People Speak
6,440.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Khortha
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
220,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2015
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
kannada
maithili
German Name
Kannada
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Maithil
Origin
c. 450
14th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3140
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
mai
ISO 639 2/B
kan
mai
ISO 639 3
kan
mai
ISO 639 6
kan
mai
Glottocode
nucl1305
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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