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Kannada and German


German and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Germany  

Second Language
Goa  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Telugu  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
10  
7

How Many Consonants
35  
25
9  
1

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
hallo  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
Danke  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
guten Morgen  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
bitte  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
33
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Urali  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
23
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
kannada  
allemand  

German Name
Kannada  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 450  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
31  
25
9  
9

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
ger  

ISO 639 3
kan  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kannada and German Speaking population

Kannada and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and German languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Kannada vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and German Language Codes

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

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