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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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
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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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5137
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4046
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Mhoro

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Waita zvako

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Manheru

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Masikati

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Mangwanani

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndineurombo

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

330,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Karanga

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

71,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Zezuru

Where They Speak

India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
chiShona

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

bengali
shona

German Name

Bengali
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Shona people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Bengali
Standard Shona

Language Position

4107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
sna

ISO 639 2/B

ben
sna

ISO 639 3

ben
sna

ISO 639 6

ben
sna

Glottocode

beng1280
core1255

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Shona Alphabets

Bengali and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Shona. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Bengali and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Shona Speaking population

Bengali and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Bengali vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Shona Language Codes

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