Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
kannada
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 450
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available