Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kannada
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
c. 450
  
1561
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kannada and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Ukrainian language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Kannada vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.