Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Upper Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Central Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kannada
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 450
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
sind1272
  
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Sindhi language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Kannada vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.