Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
kannada
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 450
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic