Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Norway
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
god morgen
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Norsk
  
French Name
kannada
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional