1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
1.8 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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Kannada Script
Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
നന്ദി (nandi)
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
3.12 Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Israel, kerala
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
540,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
France, kerala
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
220,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
49.00 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early form
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology