1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Karnataka, India
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Karnataka, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Goa
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Not Available
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Telugu
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Molo
3.8 Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
South Africa
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
South Africa
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Kannadiga
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
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
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available