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Kannada and Arabic


Arabic and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Karnataka, India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Goa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Telugu   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49   
29
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
35   
25
28   
18

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   
صباح الخير   

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   
آسف   

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)   
وداعا   

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
540,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Urali   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
kerala   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
kannada   
arabe   

German Name
Kannada   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Kannadiga   
Arabs   

History

Origin
c. 450   
512 CE   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
31   
25
25   
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
kn   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
kan   
ara   

ISO 639 3
kan   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kannada and Arabic Speaking population

Kannada and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Kannada and Arabic on Kannada vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Arabic Language Codes

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

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