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Arabic and Kannada


Kannada and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Telugu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
28   
18
35   
25

Scripts
Arabic   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
شكرا   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
من فضلك   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
آسف   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
وداعا   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
أحبك   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
arabe   
kannada   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
512 CE   
c. 450   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
25   
21
31   
25

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
kan   

ISO 639 3
ara   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Kannada Speaking population

Arabic and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Kannada on Arabic vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Kannada Language Codes

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

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