Hindi to Kannada Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout Hindi and Kannada
Hindi (हिंदी) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European family), descended from the same roots as Sanskrit, spoken in northern and central India, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi; it is the official language of the Union government. It is written in Devanagari: each consonant carries a built-in "a" sound, other vowels are added as signs (matras), and a line across the top (shirorekha) joins the letters of a word. About 52.8 crore (528 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language, from the language family of South India, spoken in Karnataka, where it is the official language. It is written in the Kannada script: its letters are round and close relatives of Telugu letters, as both come from the same older script. About 4.4 crore (44 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
How Hindi and Kannada compare
- Hindi is written in Devanagari and Kannada in the Kannada script, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- Hindi is Indo-Aryan and Kannada is Dravidian: the grammar and most everyday words differ, although both use words that come from Sanskrit.
- Both usually put words in the order subject–object–verb, with the verb at the end, which keeps sentences close in shape.
| Hindi | Kannada | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Devanagari | Kannada script |
| Letters | अ आ इ ई उ क ख ग | ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಕ ಖ ಗ |
| Hello | नमस्ते | ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ |
| Thank you | धन्यवाद | ಧನ್ಯವಾದ |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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Do Hindi and Kannada use the same script?
No. Hindi uses Devanagari and Kannada uses the Kannada script.
How do I type in Kannada?
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