kannada - Most Respecting Language

Germans can be grumpy, unpleasant people—and it's not because of post-Nazi guilt or a diet filled with bratwurst, says one American researcher. It's because of their vowels. Hope College psychology professor David Myers says saying a vowel with an umlaut forces a speaker to turn down his mouth in a frown, and may induce the sadness associated with the facial expression. Myers added that the English sounds of "e" and "ah" naturally create smile-like expressions and may induce happiness.

Being polite and respectful is much easier on the mouth in Kannada. For every verb spoken, you are spared one syllable or more, compared to the other tongues. And in addition, employing the respectful plural takes the same effort needed for the casual singular: Same price, more value.

Now consider this.

In (colloquial) Kannada:

SingularRespectful (Plural)
Go hogu 2 syllables hogi 2 syllables
Do: madu ,, madi ,,
See: nodu ,, nodri ,,
Put: haku ,, hakri ,,

Contrast this with (colloquial) Tamil:

SingularRespectful (Plural)
Do: sei 1 syllable seyyunga 3 syllables
See: paru 2 parunga 3
Put: podu 2 podunga 3

or Hindi:


SingularRespectful (Plural)
Go: ja 1 syllable ja'iye3 syllables
Do: kar 1 keejiye 3
See: dekh 1 dekhiye 3

or even Telugu:

SingularRespectful (Plural)
Go: vellu 2 syllables vellandi3 syllables
Do: chei 2 cheyyandi 3
See:
choodu 2choodandi3

Being polite and respectful is much easier on the mouth in Kannada. For every verb spoken, you are spared 1 syllable or more, compared to the other tongues. And in addition, employing the respectful plural takes the same effort needed for the casual singular: Same price, more value.

4 comments:

  1. Ha Ha Good one

    There are exceptions, only the majority counts.

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  2. Its Tago - Tagoli

    Still it is less effort than other languages

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  3. thats the greatness of kannada

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