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Kannada vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Telugu  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
22  
12
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hola  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
Gracias  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
Por Favor  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
triste  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
adiós  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Español  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
kannada  

German Name
Spanisch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
2  
2
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
kan  

ISO 639 3
spa  
kan  

ISO 639 6
spa  
kan  

Glottocode
stan1288  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Spanish and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Kannada language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Kannada Language History.

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Spanish 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 Spanish and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Kannada language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Kannada Difficulty

The Spanish vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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