Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Not Available
  
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
kannada
  
javanais
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
c. 450
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
java1253
  
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 Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Javanese language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Javanese Difficulty
The Kannada vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.