Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
litovat
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
kannada
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Czechs
  
Origin
c. 450
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic