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Bengali

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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
India

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Oceania

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Central Hindi Directorate

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.
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Urdu

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5144
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1111
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4033
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
खेद (Khēda)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
अलविदा (Alavidā)

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Khariboli

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh

How Many People Speak

330,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Marwari

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh

How Many People Speak

71,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Bundeli

Where They Speak

India
Bundelkhand

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million380.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %4.70 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million260.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million120.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
हिन्दी

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli

French Name

bengali
hindi

German Name

Bengali
Hindi

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hindustani people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
7th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Standard Hindi

Language Position

45
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
hi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
hin

ISO 639 2/B

ben
hin

ISO 639 3

ben
hin

ISO 639 6

ben
hins

Glottocode

beng1280
hind1269

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
59-AAF-qf

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Bengali and Hindi Alphabets

Bengali and Hindi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Hindi. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Hindi Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Bengali and Hindi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Hindi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Hindi Speaking population

Bengali and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Bengali vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Hindi Language Codes

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