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Bengali and Maori


Maori and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
New Zealand  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Australia, Oceania  

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  
Māori Language Commission  

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.
  
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
10  
2

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Hello  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Night pai  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Morning pai  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Tēnā  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Aroha mai  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
India  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
150,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
0.18 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
0.10 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
bengali  
maori  

German Name
Bengali  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ˈmaɔɾi]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Māori people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Polynesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Maori  

Language Position
4  
4
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Maori Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
mao  

ISO 639 3
ben  
mri  

ISO 639 6
ben  
mri  

Glottocode
beng1280  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bengali and Maori Speaking population

Bengali and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Bengali vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Maori Language Codes

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

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