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Danish and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

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  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
20  
17

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
God nat  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
God morgen  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Please  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Farvel  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Denmark  

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

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
India  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
bengali  
danois  

German Name
Bengali  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
4  
4
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
dan  

ISO 639 3
ben  
dan  

ISO 639 6
ben  
dan  

Glottocode
beng1280  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Bengali and Danish Speaking population

Bengali and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Bengali vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Danish Language Codes

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

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