Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
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Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Old German Language
Telugu
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Not present
Badaga
Where They Speak
-
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
140,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
140,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
140,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
sanskrit
kannada
German Name
Sanskrit
Kannada
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Kannadiga
Origin
2000 B.C.
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
kan
ISO 639 2/B
san
kan
ISO 639 3
san
kan
ISO 639 6
san
kan
Glottocode
sans1269
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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