On the other hand, the proportion of Muslims is lower in central Karnataka. The main spoken language of Muslims in Karnataka is a dialect called dakhini which consists of Urdu and few others. Most Muslims in Karnataka also speak Kannada, Telugu and Sindhi. There are a large number of Muslim run educational institutions in Karnataka. Muslims also have modestly higher levels of progress in terms of education and wealth in Karnataka (as in the rest of South India) than in states of North India, as they have more opportunities than their North Indian counterparts.