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English and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Goa  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Telugu  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
35  
25
21  
11

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
Hello  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
Good Morning  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
Please  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
Sorry  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
Bye  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
American English  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
33
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Urali  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
23
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
English  

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

French Name
kannada  
anglais  

German Name
Kannada  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 450  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Standard English  

Language Position
31  
25
3  
3

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
eng  

ISO 639 3
kan  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Kannada and English Speaking population

Kannada and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kannada vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and English Language Codes

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

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