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Bengali

Ilocano
Ilocano



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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Philippines

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5132
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4020
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Kablaaw

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Agyamanak

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumusta?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Naimbag a bigat

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
mangngegda

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Agpakawanak

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Pakada

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Balangao

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Philippines

How Many People Speak

330,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Philippines

How Many People Speak

71,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Not present

Where They Speak

India
Not present

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ilokano

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

bengali
ilocano

German Name

Bengali
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Ilocano people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
18th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

494
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

ben
ilo

ISO 639 3

ben
ilo

ISO 639 6

ben
ilo

Glottocode

beng1280
ilok1237

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Ilocano Alphabets

Bengali and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Ilocano. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Bengali and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Ilocano Speaking population

Bengali and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Bengali vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Ilocano Language Codes

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