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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra

Total No. Of Countries

44
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
India

Second Language

India
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

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
Israel, Mauritius

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

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.
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Konkani Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5152
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1116
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4036
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
बाय (Bāya)

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Maharashtrian Konkani

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Kokan

How Many People Speak

330,000.002,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Varhadi

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Vidarbha

How Many People Speak

71,000.007,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Khandeshi

Where They Speak

India
Khandesh

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2542
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million71.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %1.10 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million68.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
मराठी (marāṭhī)

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

French Name

bengali
marathe

German Name

Bengali
Marathi

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Marathi people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
10th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Maharashtri Prakrit

Standard Forms

Bengali
Marathi

Language Position

417
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
mr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
mar

ISO 639 2/B

ben
mar

ISO 639 3

ben
mar

ISO 639 6

ben
mar

Glottocode

beng1280
mara1378

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
omr

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Bengali and Marathi Alphabets

Bengali and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Marathi. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Bengali and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Marathi Speaking population

Bengali and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Bengali vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Marathi Language Codes

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