1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.006,440.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Kannada
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available