Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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 in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
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
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
65.00 million
  
26
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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