Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Finland
Goa
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Telugu
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2949
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
914
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1835
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
tacka dig
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
hur mår du
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
godnatt
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
god kväll
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
god morgon
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
vänligen
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
ledsen
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
hej då
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Badaga
Where They Speak
Gabon
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Urali
Where They Speak
Georgia
kerala
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Kurumba
Where They Speak
France
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
7920
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
suédois
kannada
German Name
Schwedisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Kannadiga
Origin
13th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Kannada
Language Position
8931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
kan
ISO 639 2/B
swe
kan
ISO 639 3
swe
kan
ISO 639 6
swe
kan
Glottocode
swed1254
nucl1305
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-