Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
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
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Lettish
  
French Name
kannada
  
letton
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
c. 450
  
1530
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kannada and Latvian Speaking population
Kannada and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian 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 Latvian on Kannada vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kannada and Latvian Language Codes
Kannada and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.