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Bengali

Javanese
Javanese



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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
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname

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.
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4021
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Javanese, Latin

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 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Halo

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
matur nuwun

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
piye kabare?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
wengi sing apik

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Sugeng sọnten

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Sugeng siang

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Sugeng énjing

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
matur nuwun

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Nyuwun pangapunten

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Kepanggih malih benjang

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Kula tresna panjengan

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Nuwun séwu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Pekalongan

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

330,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Cirebon

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

71,000.0082,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Arekan

Where They Speak

India
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2516
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million82.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %1.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million82.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
basa Jawa

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Djawa, Jawa

French Name

bengali
javanais

German Name

Bengali
Javanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
450 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indonesian

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Javanese

Language Position

411
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Javanese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
jv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
jav

ISO 639 2/B

ben
jav

ISO 639 3

ben
jav

ISO 639 6

ben
jav

Glottocode

beng1280
java1253

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Bengali and Javanese Alphabets

Bengali and Javanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Javanese. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Javanese Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Bengali and Javanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Javanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Javanese Speaking population

Bengali and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Bengali vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Javanese Language Codes

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