Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
kerala
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
49.00 million
  
29
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Malaysian and Kannada 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 Malaysian and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Kannada language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Kannada Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Kannada 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 Malaysian and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.