Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
kannada
  
népalais
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
c. 450
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative