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
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
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
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
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
3.10 Bye
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
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA540,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA220,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million49.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kannadiga
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available