1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
Goa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
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88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00
Rank: 33 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Urali
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00
Rank: 43 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kurumba
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
kannada
5.3.5 German Name
Kannada
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 450
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
kn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kan
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kan
7.3 ISO 639 3
kan
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1305
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available