Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Goa
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
kannada
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
c. 450
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic