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Kannada vs Chinese


Chinese vs Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Karnataka, India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Goa  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Telugu  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
49  
29
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
24  
19

How Many Consonants
35  
25
23  
13

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
33
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Urali  
Wu  

Where They Speak
kerala  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
23
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Not Available  

French Name
kannada  
chinois  

German Name
Kannada  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 450  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
31  
25
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
chi  

ISO 639 3
kan  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Kannada and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Kannada vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Kannada and Chinese language. History of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kannada and Chinese Language History.

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Kannada and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Chinese language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kannada vs Chinese Difficulty

The Kannada vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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