1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Zanzibar island
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
Kilwa
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 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available