Countries
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
1
14
National Language
Malaysia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Indonesia
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Telugu
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
26
8
49
29
Phonology
How Many Vowels
6
3
14
11
How Many Consonants
24
14
35
25
Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks
10
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Hai
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
terima kasih
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
sila
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
maaf
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Badaga
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
25
540,000.00
33
Dialect 2
Pekal
Urali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
kerala
How Many People Speak
30,000.00
40
6,440.00
99+
Dialect 3
Musi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
11
220,000.00
23
Total No. Of Dialects
24
20
20
18
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
10
49.00 million
29
Speaking Population
1.16 %
14
0.58 %
26
Native Speakers
77.00 million
12
38.00 million
26
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
8
11.00 million
21
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
malais
kannada
German Name
Malaiisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Kannadiga
History
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Kannada
Language Position
54
39
31
25
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ms
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
kan
ISO 639 2/B
may
kan
ISO 639 3
zsm
kan
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
