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Bengali and Malaysian


Malaysian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Malaysia  

Second Language
India  
Indonesia  

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  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Hai  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
sila  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
maaf  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
bengali  
malais  

German Name
Bengali  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
4  
4
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
may  

ISO 639 3
ben  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
ben  
may  

Glottocode
beng1280  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bengali and Malaysian Speaking population

Bengali and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Bengali vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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