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Chinese and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
India  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
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  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
24  
19

How Many Consonants
40  
29
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
bengali  
chinois  

German Name
Bengali  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Han  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
4  
4
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ben  
zho  

ISO 639 6
ben  
zho  

Glottocode
beng1280  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Bengali and Chinese Speaking population

Bengali and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Bengali vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Chinese Language Codes

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

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