1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Kannada Script
Sinhala alphabet
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million16.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Sinhalese
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology