SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

Kiran Batni, 10-05-2015

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

State Flag State Flag

Population

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

5.3 million 65 million

Area

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

78,387 sq.km. 191,791 sq.km.

Speakers of Major Language

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

1.5 Million (Scots Gaelic) 60 Million (Kannada)

Earliest Literature

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

15th Century A.D. 5th Century A.D.

Unique Script?

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

No Yes

Language Family

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

Indo-European Dravidian

Rep in National Parl (Lower House)

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

9% 5%

59

641

Scotland Rest of UK

28

517

Karnataka Rest of India

Local Party Domination (Locally)

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

Yes No

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Local Party Domination (Nationally)

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

Yes No

?

Scotland Karnataka Comparison

Population 5.3 Million 65 Million Karnataka is 12.3 times more populous than Scotland

Area (km2) 78,387 191,791 Karnataka is 2.44 times bigger than Scotland

Speakers of Major Local Language

1.5 Million 60 Million 40 times more people speak Kannada than Scotts Gaelic

Date of Earliest Literature

14th Century AD 5th Century AD Earliest found Kannada literature is 900 years older than Scots Gaelic literature

Unique Script No Yes Kannada has a unique script, Scots Gaelic uses the common Latin script of Europe

Language Family Indo-European Dravidian Kannada belongs to a different language family than most other languages of India. Scots Gaelic and English are from the same family.

% Seats in National Parliament

9 5 Karnataka has 4% less representation in the Indian parliament than Scotland in the UK Parliament.

Local Party Domination at Local Level

Yes No Karnataka has no significant local party at the local level.Scots didn’t have until recently.

Local Party Domination at Central Level

Yes No Karnataka has no significant local party at the national level. Scots didn’t have until recently.

SCOTLAND vs KARNATAKA

Summary

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