Countries
Fiji, India
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
India
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
hindi
  
kannada
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
7th Century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Kannada language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Kannada Difficulty
The Hindi vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.