Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
kannada
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
c. 450
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative