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Bengali and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
-  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
bengali  
sanskrit  

German Name
Bengali  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
4  
4
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
san  

ISO 639 3
ben  
san  

ISO 639 6
ben  
san  

Glottocode
beng1280  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bengali and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Bengali and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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