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Bengali and Basque


Basque and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
France, Spain  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Spanish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Egun on  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Barkatu  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Agur  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
France  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
India  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
bengali  
basque  

German Name
Bengali  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Basque people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Basque  

Language Position
4  
4
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
baq  

ISO 639 3
ben  
eus  

ISO 639 6
ben  
eus  

Glottocode
beng1280  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bengali and Basque Speaking population

Bengali and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Bengali vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Basque Language Codes

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

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