Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
France
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
désolé
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Urali
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Français
  
French Name
kannada
  
français
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 450
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic