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Cantonese and Kannada


Kannada and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Telugu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
20   
10
35   
25

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Kannada Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
谢谢   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
晚安   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
早上好   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
请   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
遗憾   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
再见   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
我爱你   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
Not Available   
kannada   

German Name
Not Available   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
17th century   
c. 450   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
Not Available   
31   
25

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kan   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Kannada Speaking population

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