3-syllable Languages that contain K

List of 3-syllable Languages that contain K

1

Afrikaans

A West Germanic language that evolved from 17th-century Dutch in South Africa — the world's youngest major language and one of South Africa's eleven official tongues.

2

Ancient Greek

The classical language of Homer, Plato, and the New Testament — a Hellenic branch of Indo-European that shaped Western philosophy, science, and theology.

3

Cherokee

An Iroquoian language indigenous to the southeastern United States — written in an indigenous syllabary invented by Sequoyah in 1821.

4

Dothraki

A fictional language created by linguist David J. Peterson for HBO's *Game of Thrones* adaptation — the language of the nomadic Dothraki horse-lords.

5

Kannada

A Dravidian language and the official tongue of Karnataka — spoken by about 44 million people and one of India's six classical languages, with a literary history stretching back 1,500 years.

6

Lakota

A Western Siouan language of the Great Plains — spoken by the Lakota people across the Dakotas, Nebraska, and southern Saskatchewan.

7

Mandinka

A Mande language spoken across the western Sahel — the most widely spoken language in The Gambia and a major language in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

8

Tok Pisin

An English-based creole and one of the three official languages of Papua New Guinea — the lingua franca for a country of over 800 languages.

9

Volapük

The first widely successful constructed international auxiliary language — created by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1879 and peaking before Esperanto overtook it.