Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
kannada
  
slovène
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
c. 450
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kannada and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Slovene language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Slovene Difficulty
The Kannada vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.