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
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
مرحبا
  
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
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
وداعا
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
246.00 million
  
2
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
  
Origin
c. 450
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
kn
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.