Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
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 in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
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
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
1,051.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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