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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Goa
India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Interesting Facts

  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Telugu
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4951
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1411
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3540
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Chakma

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

540,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Hajong

Where They Speak

kerala
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

6,440.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
India

How Many People Speak

220,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

kannada
bengali

German Name

Kannada
Bengali

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

c. 450
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Bengali

Language Position

314
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

kn
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
ben

ISO 639 2/B

kan
ben

ISO 639 3

kan
ben

ISO 639 6

kan
ben

Glottocode

nucl1305
beng1280

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Bengali Alphabets

Kannada and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Bengali. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Kannada and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Bengali languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Kannada and Bengali 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 Kannada and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Kannada and Bengali Speaking population

Kannada and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Kannada and Bengali on Kannada vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Bengali Language Codes

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