Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kannada
  
mongol
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 450
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available