Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Goa
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
bitte
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
kannada
  
allemand
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Germans
  
Origin
c. 450
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kannada and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and German language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs German Difficulty
The Kannada vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.