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Bengali and Tagalog


Tagalog and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Philippines  

Second Language
India  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

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  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Baybayin  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Paálam  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
bengali  
tagalog  

German Name
Bengali  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Filipino  

Language Position
4  
4
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
ben  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
ben  
tgl  

Glottocode
beng1280  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bengali and Tagalog Speaking population

Bengali and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Bengali vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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