Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
sila
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
maaf
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kannada
  
malais
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 450
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kannada and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Malaysian language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Kannada vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.