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Bengali and Telugu


Telugu and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

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
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
51   
30
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
19   
16

How Many Consonants
40   
29
41   
30

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Telugu Script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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
330,000.00   
36
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
India   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
5.00 million   
29

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
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Telugu   

Language Position
4   
4
15   
14

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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