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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Karnataka, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Karnataka, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Telugu
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2449
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
514
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2135
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
35
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
3.2 Thank You
Asante
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
3.9 Sorry
pole
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
3.10 Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Badaga
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA540,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Urali
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
kerala
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,440.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Kurumba
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA220,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1220
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million49.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.58 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
kannada
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Kannada
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kannadiga
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
c. 450
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Kannada
6.3.3 Language Position
NA31
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
kn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
kan
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
kan
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
kan
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1305
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Swahili and Kannada Alphabets

Swahili and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Kannada. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Swahili and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Kannada languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili 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 Swahili and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Kannada Speaking population

Swahili and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Kannada on Swahili vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Kannada Language Codes

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