Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
kannada
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Georgians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic