Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Goa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Telugu
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4932
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3523
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
سلام
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
متشکرم
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
صبح به خیر
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
لطفا
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
متاسف
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
خدا حافظ
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Badaga
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
540,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
kerala
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
6,440.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
220,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
kannada
persan
German Name
Kannada
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Persian people
Origin
c. 450
1500 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Persian
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
fas
ISO 639 2/B
kan
per
ISO 639 3
kan
pes
ISO 639 6
kan
pers
Glottocode
nucl1305
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic