Tamil to Kannada Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout Tamil and Kannada
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language, from the language family of South India, spoken in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and also Sri Lanka and Singapore, where it is an official language. It is written in the Tamil script: it has 12 vowels and 18 consonants, and a dot above a consonant (pulli) shows that it has no vowel. About 6.9 crore (69 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 Tamil and Kannada compare
- Tamil is written in the Tamil script and Kannada in the Kannada script, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- Both are Dravidian languages, so they share many related words and similar grammar.
- Both usually put words in the order subject–object–verb, with the verb at the end, which keeps sentences close in shape.
| Tamil | Kannada | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Tamil script | Kannada script |
| Letters | அ ஆ இ ஈ உ க ங ச | ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಕ ಖ ಗ |
| Hello | வணக்கம் | ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ |
| Thank you | நன்றி | ಧನ್ಯವಾದ |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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Do Tamil and Kannada use the same script?
No. Tamil uses the Tamil script and Kannada uses the Kannada script.
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