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Bengali and Hindi


Hindi and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
40  
29
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
330,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
120.00 million  
6

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
4  
4
5  
5

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  

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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.

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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.

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