Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Pakistan
Second Language
Goa
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
India
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Telugu
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4952
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1410
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3540
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
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
معاف کرنا
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
الوداع
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Badaga
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
India
How Many People Speak
540,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
kerala
India
How Many People Speak
6,440.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
South Asia
How Many People Speak
220,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bihari
French Name
kannada
ourdou
German Name
Kannada
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
c. 450
12th Century CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
3120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kn
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
urd
ISO 639 2/B
kan
urd
ISO 639 3
kan
urd
ISO 639 6
kan
urd
Glottocode
nucl1305
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional