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Bengali and Nepali


Nepali and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Nepal  

Second Language
India  
Republic of Brazil  

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  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
कृपया  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
bengali  
népalais  

German Name
Bengali  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Nepali  

Language Position
4  
4
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
nep  

ISO 639 3
ben  
npi  

ISO 639 6
ben  
nep  

Glottocode
beng1280  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bengali and Nepali Speaking population

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Bengali and Nepali Language Codes

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