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Bengali and Russian


Russian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Russia   

Second Language
India   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

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   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
10   
7

How Many Consonants
40   
29
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
India   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Russki   

French Name
bengali   
russe   

German Name
Bengali   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Russians   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
4   
4
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
rus   

ISO 639 3
ben   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Bengali and Russian Speaking population

Bengali and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Bengali vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Russian Language Codes

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

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