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Bengali and Indonesian

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Indonesia

Second Language

India
East Timor, Indonesia

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
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

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.
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Malay language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Malay and Dutch Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4019
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

27
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Halo

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Terima kasih

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Apa kabar?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Malam yang baik

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Selamat Sore

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Selamat Pagi

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
mohon Untuk

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
maaf

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Aku cinta kamu

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Permisi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Sundanese

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

330,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Balinese

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida

How Many People Speak

71,000.003,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Minangkabau

Where They Speak

India
Indonesia, Malaysia

How Many People Speak

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

2546
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million23.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million140.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Bahasa Melayu

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bahasa Indonesia

French Name

bengali
indonésien

German Name

Bengali
Bahasa Indonesia

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Indonesians

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
7th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indonesian

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Malay

Standard Forms

Bengali
Indonesian

Language Position

456
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
id

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
ind

ISO 639 2/B

ben
ind

ISO 639 3

ben
ind

ISO 639 6

ben
ind

Glottocode

beng1280
indo1316

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Bengali and Indonesian Alphabets

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

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

Bengali and Indonesian Speaking population

Bengali and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Bengali vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Indonesian Language Codes

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