Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
kannada
  
birman
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
c. 450
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating