1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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