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Bengali

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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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
Zambia

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Zulu language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5131
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4018
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Moni

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Zikomo

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Masana abwino

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
M'mawa wabwino

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Chonde

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pepani

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
anatsanzikana

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

330,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

71,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

India
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

255
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

bengali
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Bengali
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Chewa people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
15th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Chewa

Language Position

427
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
nya

ISO 639 2/B

ben
nya

ISO 639 3

ben
nya

ISO 639 6

ben
nya

Glottocode

beng1280
nyan1308

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Chewa Alphabets

Bengali and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Chewa. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Bengali and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Chewa Speaking population

Bengali and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Bengali vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Chewa Language Codes

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