Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
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
Not Available
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
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Urali
Where They Speak
Not Available
kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Not Available
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
sanskrit
kannada
German Name
Sanskrit
Kannada
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Kannadiga
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Kannada
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Sanskrit and Kannada Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sanskrit and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Kannada language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Kannada Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Kannada Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sanskrit and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.