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Kannada vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Telugu   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
22   
12
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
Gracias   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
Por Favor   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
triste   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
adiós   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Español   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
kannada   

German Name
Spanisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
210 BC   
c. 450   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
2   
2
31   
25

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
kan   

ISO 639 3
spa   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Kannada language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Kannada Language History.

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

Spanish vs Kannada Difficulty

The Spanish vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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