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Bengali

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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4020
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

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Salama!

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Misaotra

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Alina tsara

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Maraina tsara

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
azafady

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Miala tsiny

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Veloma!

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Merina

How Many People Speak

330,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

71,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

India
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How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

bengali
malgache

German Name

Bengali
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Austronesian

Branch

Indic
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
standard Malagasy

Language Position

484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

ben
mlg

ISO 639 3

ben
mlg

ISO 639 6

ben
mlg

Glottocode

beng1280
mala1537

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Malagasy Alphabets

Bengali and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Malagasy. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Bengali and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Malagasy Speaking population

Bengali and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Bengali vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Malagasy Language Codes

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