1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
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
Kannada Script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
kerala
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
6,440.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.0060,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Not Available
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
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating