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Bengali and Estonian


Estonian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Finnish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Tere  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Palun  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Vabandust  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Head aega  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
India  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Eesti keel  

French Name
bengali  
estonien  

German Name
Bengali  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Estonian  

Language Position
4  
4
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
est  

ISO 639 3
ben  
est  

ISO 639 6
ben  
est  

Glottocode
beng1280  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bengali and Estonian Speaking population

Bengali and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Bengali vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Estonian Language Codes

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

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