Countries
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
5
10
1
14
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
Alphabets in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
49
29
Phonology
How Many Vowels
24
19
14
11
How Many Consonants
23
13
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
6
5
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks
13
44 weeks
11
Greetings
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)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Badaga
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
1
540,000.00
33
Dialect 2
Wu
Urali
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
kerala
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
1
6,440.00
99+
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
220,000.00
23
Total No. Of Dialects
10
10
20
18
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
2
49.00 million
29
Speaking Population
16.00 %
2
0.58 %
26
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
History
Origin
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1
1
31
25
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
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
