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Kannada and Persian


Persian and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Karnataka, India   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Goa   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Telugu   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
49   
29
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
35   
25
23   
13

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   
سلام   

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   
لطفا   

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   
متاسف   

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
540,000.00   
33
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Urali   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
kerala   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
kannada   
persan   

German Name
Kannada   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Kannadiga   
Persian people   

History

Origin
c. 450   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Persian   

Language Position
31   
25
23   
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kn   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
kan   
per   

ISO 639 3
kan   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Kannada and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kannada and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kannada and Persian Speaking population

Kannada and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kannada and Persian on Kannada vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Persian Language Codes

Kannada and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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