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Bengali
Bengali

Konkani
Konkani



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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
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

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
Govenment of Goa

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.
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Marathi

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5152
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4036
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

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Namaskar

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Dev Borem Korum

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
kaso assa?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Rati Boren Zavonn

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Sanj Borem Zavonn

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Dis Borem Zavonn

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Chike

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Maf kor

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Adeus

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
hav tujo mog korta.

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
upkar korxi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Antruz

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Goa

How Many People Speak

330,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Not present

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
-

How Many People Speak

71,000.002,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Not present

Where They Speak

India
-

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

251
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Kōṅkaṇī

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese

French Name

bengali
konkani

German Name

Bengali
Konkani

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
kõkɳi

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Konkanis

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
1209 A.D.

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
-

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Kokani

Language Position

423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
kok

ISO 639 2/B

ben
kok

ISO 639 3

ben
kok

ISO 639 6

ben
kok

Glottocode

beng1280
goan1235

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Bengali and Konkani Alphabets

Bengali and Konkani Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Konkani. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Konkani Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Bengali and Konkani languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Konkani are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Konkani Speaking population

Bengali and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Bengali vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Konkani Language Codes

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