About Indonesian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch while the standard dialect is Malay. When Indonesia became independent they declared Indonesian as their official language in 1945. Indonesian is spoken by 23 million people while it is the second language of 140 million people. As most Indonesians are bilingual they know more than three languages. Besides Indonesia, this language is also spoken in the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Singapore. Several dialects are spoken in various areas. The northern dialect is known as Malay while the southern dialect is most commonly spoken in Indonesia. There are regional dialects that are spoken in both north and south of Indonesia. It consists of six vowels but the sound system is similar to Malay.
About Kannada Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kannada is commonly known as Kanarese. It is a Dravidian language and is spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in the region of India. It is spoken by linguistic minorities in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, and Goa. Kannada has roughly 43 million native speakers. It is also spoken as a second and third language. Kannada has over 12.9 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language in many powerful dynasties of south and central India. It is one of the official languages of India and the official language of the state of Karnataka. Kannada has a special Kannada script, which is called the Kadamba script. Kannada has an unbroken literary history and has an extensive Kannada literature.
