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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

47
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Germany

Second Language

India
North Dakota, United States of America

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
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1110
0 32
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How Many Consonants

409
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
hallo

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Danke

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
gute Nacht

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
guten Tag

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
guten Morgen

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
bitte

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Verzeihung

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Tschüs

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Swiss German

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

330,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Germany

How Many People Speak

71,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Texas German

Where They Speak

India
Texas

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2528
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

bengali
allemand

German Name

Bengali
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Germans

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Germanic

Branch

Indic
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

49
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
deu

ISO 639 2/B

ben
ger

ISO 639 3

ben
deu

ISO 639 6

ben
deus

Glottocode

beng1280
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Bengali and German Alphabets

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

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

Bengali and German Speaking population

Bengali and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and German languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Bengali vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and German Language Codes

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