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Bengali and Chinese


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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

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   
11
88 weeks   
13

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   
36
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   
36
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Yue   

Where They Speak
India   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

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   
16
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
bengali   
chinois   

German Name
Bengali   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Han   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
4   
4
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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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