Countries
Countries
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3251
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1740
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
hallo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Dankie
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
goeie nag
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
goeie more
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
asseblief
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
jammer
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Totsiens
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Chakma
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hajong
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Namibia
India
How Many People Speak
7.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
afrikaans
bengali
German Name
Afrikaans
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bengalis (Bengali people)
History
Origin
17th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Bengali
Language Position
234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
af
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
ben
ISO 639 2/B
afr
ben
ISO 639 3
afr
ben
ISO 639 6
afrs
ben
Glottocode
afri1274
beng1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-