Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.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
hej
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
vänligen
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
hej då
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Svenska
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
suédois
  
kannada
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available