×

Bengali
Bengali

Telugu
Telugu



ADD
Compare
X
Bengali
X
Telugu

Bengali and Telugu

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam

Total No. Of Countries

44
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Bangladesh, India
Andra Pradesh, India

Second Language

India
Karnataka

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh

Interesting Facts

  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Tamil

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5160
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

1119
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

4041
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Telugu Script

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
హలో (Halō)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
బై (Bai)

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Waddar

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

How Many People Speak

330,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Hajong
Chenchu

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa

How Many People Speak

71,000.0026,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Rarhi
Manna-Dora

Where They Speak

India
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0030,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

2538
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million80.00 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

3.11 %1.15 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

196.00 million75.00 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

19.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
తెలుగు (telugu)

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan

French Name

bengali
télougou

German Name

Bengali
Telugu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈteluɡu]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Telugu people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
c. 575

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
-

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Early Telugu epigraphy

Standard Forms

Bengali
Telugu

Language Position

415
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Telugu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
te

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
tel

ISO 639 2/B

ben
tel

ISO 639 3

ben
tel

ISO 639 6

ben
tel

Glottocode

beng1280
telu1262

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Bengali and Telugu Alphabets

Bengali and Telugu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Telugu. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Telugu Alphabets there are 60 letters. To learn Bengali and Telugu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Telugu languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Telugu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Telugu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali and Telugu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Telugu dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Telugu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Telugu Dialects are spoken in different Telugu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Telugu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Telugu dialects include: Waddar , Chenchu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and Telugu Speaking population

Bengali and Telugu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Telugu languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Telugu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Telugu language is 1.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Telugu on Bengali vs Telugu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Telugu Language Codes

Bengali and Telugu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Telugu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.