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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4953
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1410
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3543
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
53
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Molo
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Urali
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kurumba
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
209
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
kannada
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Kannada
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 450
16th 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
31NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
kn
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kan
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kan
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
kan
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1305
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Kannada and Xhosa Alphabets

Kannada and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Xhosa. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Kannada and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Xhosa Speaking population

Kannada and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Kannada vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Xhosa Language Codes

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