1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Fiji, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Central Hindi Directorate
1.8 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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Bundelkhand
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.0020,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Hindi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic