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Bengali and Amharic


Amharic and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
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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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Ethiopic  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Selam  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
aznallehu  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
tschao  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Showa  

Where They Speak
India  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
bengali  
amharique  

German Name
Bengali  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Amharic  

Language Position
4  
4
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
amh  

ISO 639 3
ben  
amh  

ISO 639 6
ben  
amh  

Glottocode
beng1280  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Bengali and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Amharic Speaking population

Bengali and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Bengali vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Amharic Language Codes

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

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