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Bengali

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Kurdish



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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Middle East

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
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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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Farsi Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5133
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

118
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4029
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Silaw

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Sipas

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Şev xweş

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Bayanit bash

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Bê zehmet

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bibûre

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Be xêr çî

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

330,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

71,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

India
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

bengali
kurde

German Name

Bengali
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Kurds

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
16th century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Bengali
Kurdish

Language Position

414
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
kur

ISO 639 2/B

ben
kur

ISO 639 3

ben
kur

ISO 639 6

ben
kur

Glottocode

beng1280
kurd1259

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Kurdish Alphabets

Bengali and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Kurdish. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Bengali and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Kurdish Speaking population

Bengali and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Bengali vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Kurdish Language Codes

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