Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Indonesia
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Telugu
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2649
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2435
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
terima kasih
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
sila
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
maaf
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Badaga
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Urali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
kerala
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2420
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
malais
kannada
German Name
Malaiisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Kannadiga
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Kannada
Language Position
5431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
kan
ISO 639 2/B
may
kan
ISO 639 3
zsm
kan
ISO 639 6
may
kan
Glottocode
stan1306
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-