Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
bok
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
molim
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
kannada
  
croate
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Croats
  
Origin
c. 450
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European 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
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kannada and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Croatian language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Croatian Difficulty
The Kannada vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.