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Bengali and Arabic


Arabic and Bengali


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
4  
11
23  
4

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
28  
18

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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
330,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
India  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
246.00 million  
2

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
4  
4
25  
23

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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