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Bengali and Gujarati


Gujarati and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
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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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
bengali  
goudjrati  

German Name
Bengali  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
4  
4
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
guj  

ISO 639 3
ben  
guj  

ISO 639 6
ben  
guj  

Glottocode
beng1280  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bengali and Gujarati Speaking population

Bengali and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Bengali vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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