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Bengali and Urdu


Urdu and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
40  
29
40  
29

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
330,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
India  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
43.00 million  
20

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
4  
4
20  
18

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  

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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.

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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.

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