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.
About Somali Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Somali is an Afroasiatic language and it belongs to the Cushitic branch. The language is spoken by Somalians. Somali is the official language of Somalia, Somaliland, and is widely spoken by Ethiopia. It is the national language in Djibouti and is also spoken in northeastern Kenya. The Somali language is written in the Latin alphabet and has an Arabic alphabet as well. Osmanya and the Borama script are used to write the Somali language. Somali is widely spoken in the region and is followed by Oromo and Afar. There are approximately 21.8 million speakers of Somali. The language is spread in Greater Somalia. It is spoken by around 7.8 million. People living in Somalia speak the language on daily basis. About 95% of the country's inhabitants speak the language. The majority of the population in Djibouti speaks Somali.