Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
maaf
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
kannada
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kannada and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Indonesian language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Kannada vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.