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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
49NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
145
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3546
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
54
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Urali
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kurumba
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
204
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
kannada
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Kannada
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 450
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
31107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
kn
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kan
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kan
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
kan
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1305
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Kannada and Shona Alphabets

Kannada and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Shona. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Kannada and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Shona languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Kannada and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Kannada and Shona Speaking population

Kannada and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Kannada vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Shona Language Codes

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