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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

423
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia

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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5128
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

118
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4028
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
مرحبا

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
شكرا

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
مساء الخير

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
صباح الخير

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
من فضلك

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
آسف

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
وداعا

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
أحبك

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

330,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Sudan

How Many People Speak

71,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Levantine

Where They Speak

India
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2526
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

bengali
arabe

German Name

Bengali
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Arabs

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Indic
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
ara

ISO 639 2/B

ben
ara

ISO 639 3

ben
ara

ISO 639 6

ben
ara

Glottocode

beng1280
arab1395

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Bengali and Arabic Alphabets

Bengali and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Arabic. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Bengali and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Arabic Speaking population

Bengali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Bengali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Arabic Language Codes

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