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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Thailand

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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

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.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Lao Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5144
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1132
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4044
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Isan

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Isan

How Many People Speak

330,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

71,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

India
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

259
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

bengali
thaï

German Name

Bengali
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tai

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Bengali
Thai

Language Position

447
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
tha

ISO 639 2/B

ben
tha

ISO 639 3

ben
tha

ISO 639 6

ben
tha

Glottocode

beng1280
thai1261

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Isolating

Bengali and Thai Alphabets

Bengali and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Thai. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Bengali and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Thai 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 Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Thai Speaking population

Bengali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Bengali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Thai Language Codes

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