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Bengali and Konkani


Konkani and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

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
330,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
8.00 million  
99+

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
4  
4
23  
21

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
-  
-  

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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.

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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.

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