Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Olonets
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
276.00 million
  
6
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Russki
  
French Name
kannada
  
russe
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Russians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Russian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic