Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Telugu
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1415
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3541
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
540,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Mappila
Where They Speak
kerala
India
How Many People Speak
6,440.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
220,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
kannada
malayalam
German Name
Kannada
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Malayali
Origin
c. 450
9th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Malayalam
Language Position
3129
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
mal
ISO 639 2/B
kan
mal
ISO 639 3
kan
mal
ISO 639 6
kan
mal
Glottocode
nucl1305
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic