Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
kerala
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
49.00 million
  
29
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
German and Kannada Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where German and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Kannada language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common German Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Kannada Difficulty
The German vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Kannada Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare German and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.