Countries
India
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
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 in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
49.00 million
  
29
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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