Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Pakistan
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1014
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4035
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
براہ مہربانی
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
الوداع
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Badaga
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Urali
Where They Speak
India
kerala
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Kurumba
Where They Speak
South Asia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
ourdou
kannada
German Name
Urdu
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Kannadiga
Origin
12th Century CE
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
kan
ISO 639 2/B
urd
kan
ISO 639 3
urd
kan
ISO 639 6
urd
kan
Glottocode
urdu1245
nucl1305
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-