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Gujarati and Kannada


Kannada and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
NA   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Telugu   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
31   
21
35   
25

Scripts
Devanagari   
Kannada Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Urali   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
goudjrati   
kannada   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
15   
c. 450   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
23   
19
31   
25

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
kan   

ISO 639 3
guj   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Kannada Speaking population

Gujarati and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Kannada on Gujarati vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Kannada Language Codes

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

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