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Kannada and Finnish


Finnish and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Karnataka, India   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Goa   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Telugu   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49   
29
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
35   
25
13   
3

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   
Moi   

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   
haluta   

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   
Anteeksi   

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)   
Heippa   

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
540,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Urali   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
kerala   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
Suomi   

French Name
kannada   
finnois   

German Name
Kannada   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Kannadiga   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 450   
1543   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
31   
25
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kn   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
kan   
fin   

ISO 639 3
kan   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Kannada and Finnish Speaking population

Kannada and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Kannada vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Finnish Language Codes

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

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