Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
India
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
India
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
kannada
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
c. 450
  
15
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kannada and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Gujarati language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Kannada vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.