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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

46
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

India
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
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
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
German and English Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4021
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hallo

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dankjewel

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
goede Nacht

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
goedemiddag

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
goedemorgen

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
alsjeblieft

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
sorry

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
vaarwel

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Gronings

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

330,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

71,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Limburgian

Where They Speak

India
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

257
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million22.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

bengali
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Bengali
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Dutch people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Germanic

Branch

Indic
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Bengali
Standard Dutch

Language Position

448
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
nld

ISO 639 2/B

ben
dut

ISO 639 3

ben
nld

ISO 639 6

ben
nld

Glottocode

beng1280
mode1257

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Bengali and Dutch Alphabets

Bengali and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Dutch. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Bengali and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Dutch Speaking population

Bengali and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Bengali vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Dutch Language Codes

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