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Sanskrit and Kannada


Kannada and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Telugu   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
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
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Not present   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not present   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
sanskrit   
kannada   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
c. 450   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
Not Available   
31   
25

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
kan   

ISO 639 3
san   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Sanskrit and Kannada Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Kannada Speaking population

Sanskrit and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Kannada on Sanskrit vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Kannada Language Codes

Sanskrit and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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