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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Pakistan

Second Language

India
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Oceania

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
India

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5152
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1110
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4040
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

24
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
خوش آمديد

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
گڈ مارننگ

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
معاف کرنا

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
الوداع

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
India

How Many People Speak

330,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
India

How Many People Speak

71,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Rekhta

Where They Speak

India
South Asia

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bihari

French Name

bengali
ourdou

German Name

Bengali
Urdu

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
12th Century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

420
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
urd

ISO 639 2/B

ben
urd

ISO 639 3

ben
urd

ISO 639 6

ben
urd

Glottocode

beng1280
urdu1245

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Bengali and Urdu Alphabets

Bengali and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Urdu. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Bengali and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Urdu Speaking population

Bengali and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Bengali vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Urdu Language Codes

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