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
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Telugu
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit 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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Badaga
Not present
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
-
How Many People Speak
540,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Not present
Where They Speak
kerala
-
How Many People Speak
6,440.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Not present
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
-
How Many People Speak
220,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
200
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
kannada
sanskrit
German Name
Kannada
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
c. 450
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Sanskrit
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
san
ISO 639 2/B
kan
san
ISO 639 3
kan
san
ISO 639 6
kan
san
Glottocode
nucl1305
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic