Countries
Wales
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Telugu
Derived From
British Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2949
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Diolch
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Nos da
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Bore da
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Hwyl
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Badaga
Where They Speak
Argentina
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
38,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Urali
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
kerala
How Many People Speak
700,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Powys
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
700,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
gallois
kannada
German Name
Kymrisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Kannadiga
Origin
9th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Welsh
Modern Kannada
Language Position
3131
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
kan
ISO 639 2/B
wel
kan
ISO 639 3
cym
kan
ISO 639 6
cym
kan
Glottocode
wels1247
nucl1305
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-