Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Prosím
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
slovenčina
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
slovaque
  
kannada
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Kannada language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Kannada Difficulty
The Slovak vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.