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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
13
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4953
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1415
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3541
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
52
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
വിട (viṭa)
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
Judeo-Malayalam
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Urali
Mappila
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kurumba
Pandy Malayalam
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
203
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million38.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %0.57 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
kannada
malayalam
5.3.5 German Name
Kannada
Malayalam
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Malayali
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 450
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Malayalam
6.3.3 Language Position
3129
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
kn
ml
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kan
mal
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kan
mal
7.3 ISO 639 3
kan
mal
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1305
mala1464
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic

Kannada and Malayalam Alphabets

Kannada and Malayalam Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Malayalam. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Kannada and Malayalam languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Malayalam languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Malayalam greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Malayalam are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Malayalam Speaking population

Kannada and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Kannada vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Malayalam Language Codes

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