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Bengali and Serbian


Serbian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
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   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
25   
15

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
India   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
Not Available   

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Montenegrin   

French Name
bengali   
serbe   

German Name
Bengali   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Serbs   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
4   
4
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
srp   

ISO 639 3
ben   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bengali and Serbian Speaking population

Bengali and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Bengali vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Serbian Language Codes

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

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