1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Ethiopia, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Not Available
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Galatoomi
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Nagayattii buli
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Akkam waarite
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Attam oolte / ooltan
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Attam bulte/bultan
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Maaloo
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
naa dhiisi
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Sin jaaladha
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Maaloo na dabarsi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Ethiopia, Kenya
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.0066,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Kenya
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.0013,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million24.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Afaan Oromo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Afaan Oromoo
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Afaan Oromo
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available