Kannada to Hindi Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout Kannada and Hindi
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).
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).
How Kannada and Hindi compare
- Kannada is written in the Kannada script and Hindi in Devanagari, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- Kannada is Dravidian and Hindi is Indo-Aryan: 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.
| Kannada | Hindi | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Kannada script | Devanagari |
| Letters | ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಕ ಖ ಗ | अ आ इ ई उ क ख ग |
| Hello | ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ | नमस्ते |
| Thank you | ಧನ್ಯವಾದ | धन्यवाद |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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Do Kannada and Hindi use the same script?
No. Kannada uses the Kannada script and Hindi uses Devanagari.
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