Countries
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
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
23
4
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
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Alphabets
49
29
28
10
Phonology
How Many Vowels
14
11
8
5
How Many Consonants
35
25
28
18
Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
4
3
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
88 weeks
13
Greetings
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
Dialects
Dialect 1
Badaga
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
540,000.00
33
Not Available
Dialect 2
Urali
Sudanese
Where They Speak
kerala
Sudan
How Many People Speak
6,440.00
99+
17,000,000.00
6
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Levantine
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
220,000.00
23
21,000,000.00
3
Total No. Of Dialects
20
18
26
22
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
29
452.00 million
4
Speaking Population
0.58 %
26
4.43 %
6
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
History
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
Language Position
31
25
25
21
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
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
