Countries
India, Karnataka, India
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Sweden
Second Language
Goa
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Telugu
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
149
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3518
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
hej
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
tacka dig
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
hur mår du
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
godnatt
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
god morgon
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
vänligen
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ledsen
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
hej då
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Badaga
Dialects
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Gabon
How Many People Speak
540,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Dialects
Where They Speak
kerala
Georgia
How Many People Speak
6,440.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kurumba
Dialects
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France
How Many People Speak
220,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2079
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
49.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million8.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Svenska
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
kannada
suédois
German Name
Kannada
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
c. 450
13th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Swedish
Language Position
3189
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
swe
ISO 639 2/B
kan
swe
ISO 639 3
kan
swe
ISO 639 6
kan
swe
Glottocode
nucl1305
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-