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Bengali

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Swahili



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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

44
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5124
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4021
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Habari

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Asante

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Habari gani?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Habari za asubuhi

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
tafadhali

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pole

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
nakupenda

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

330,000.00NA
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

71,000.00NA
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Kimgao

Where They Speak

India
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

NANA
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million150.00 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %NA
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million15.00 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 millionNA
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
-9999

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

bengali
swahili

German Name

Bengali
Swahili

Pronunciation

Not available
Not Available

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Swahili

Language Position

4NA
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Not Available

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
swa

ISO 639 2/B

ben
swa

ISO 639 3

ben
swa

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

beng1280
swah1254

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available
Not Available

Language Morphological Typology

Not Available
Not Available

Bengali and Swahili Alphabets

Bengali and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Swahili. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Bengali and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Swahili Speaking population

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

Bengali and Swahili Language Codes

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