Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
chinois
  
kannada
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available