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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
India
Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
1.8 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.
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
51
Rank: 30 (Overall)
54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Sinhala alphabet
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
Vedda
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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330,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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71,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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215.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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3.11 %
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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196.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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19.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
2.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
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6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 4 (Overall)
70
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
bn
si
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ben
sin
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ben
sin
7.3 ISO 639 3
ben
sin
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
beng1280
sinh1246
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Bengali and Sinhalese Alphabets

Bengali and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Sinhalese. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Bengali and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and Sinhalese Speaking population

Bengali and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Bengali vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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