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Sanskrit and Kannada


Kannada and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
14  
11

How Many Consonants
36  
26
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Urali  

Where They Speak
-  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
-  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
-  
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
23  
21
31  
29

Signed Forms
-  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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All Sanskrit and Kannada Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Kannada Speaking population

Sanskrit and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Kannada on Sanskrit vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Kannada Language Codes

Sanskrit and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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