Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Karnataka, India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Telugu
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
شكرا
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
صباح الخير
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
من فضلك
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
آسف
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
أحبك
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Badaga
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
kerala
Sudan
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Levantine
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
kannada
arabe
German Name
Kannada
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Arabs
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1305
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Kannada and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kannada and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Arabic language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Arabic Difficulty
The Kannada vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kannada and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.
