1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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)
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
e kaaro
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.0010,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
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
1.1.1 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Yoruba Sign Language
1.2 Scope
2 Code
2.1 ISO 639 1
2.2 ISO 639 2
2.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
2.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
2.3 ISO 639 3
2.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
2.5 Glottocode
2.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
2.7 Types of Language
2.7.1 Language Type
2.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
2.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating