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German and Kannada


Kannada and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Telugu  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
9  
1
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
Danke  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
bitte  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
Tschüs  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
540,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Germany  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
220,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Deutsch  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
allemand  
kannada  

German Name
Deutsch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
9  
9
31  
25

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kan  

ISO 639 3
deu  
kan  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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German and Kannada Speaking population

German and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of German and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Kannada on German vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Kannada Language Codes

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

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