Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
India
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
India
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
kannada
  
oriya
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Odias
  
Origin
c. 450
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available