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Nepali vs Kannada


Kannada vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Telugu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
14  
11

How Many Consonants
36  
26
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
कृपया  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
540,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Urali  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
220,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
népalais  
kannada  

German Name
Nepali  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
59  
99+
31  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
kan  

ISO 639 3
npi  
kan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Kannada language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Kannada Language History.

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Nepali 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 Nepali and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Kannada language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Kannada Difficulty

The Nepali vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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