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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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
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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

History

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

Code

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
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Urdu and Kannada Alphabets

Urdu and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Kannada. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Urdu and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Kannada languages. The Urdu phonology consist Urdu vowels and Urdu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Urdu greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

All Urdu 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 Urdu and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Urdu and Kannada Speaking population

Urdu and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Kannada on Urdu vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Kannada Language Codes

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