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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4957
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
147
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3550
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)
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Badaga
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Urali
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kurumba
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
204
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
kannada
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Kannada
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 450
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6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
3187
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
kn
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kan
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kan
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
kan
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1305
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
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
Not Available

Kannada and Zulu Alphabets

Kannada and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Zulu. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Kannada and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Zulu Speaking population

Kannada and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Kannada vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Zulu Language Codes

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