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Kannada and Chinese


Chinese and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Karnataka, India   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Goa   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Telugu   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49   
29
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
24   
19

How Many Consonants
35   
25
23   
13

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
540,000.00   
33
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Urali   
Wu   

Where They Speak
kerala   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
Not Available   

French Name
kannada   
chinois   

German Name
Kannada   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kannadiga   
Han   

History

Origin
c. 450   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
31   
25
1   
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kn   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
kan   
chi   

ISO 639 3
kan   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Kannada and Chinese Speaking population

Kannada and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Kannada vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Chinese Language Codes

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

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