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Bengali and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Vietnam  

Second Language
India  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

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  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
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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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
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)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Hajong  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
India  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
bengali  
vietnamien  

German Name
Bengali  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
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Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
4  
4
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
vie  

ISO 639 3
ben  
vie  

ISO 639 6
ben  
vie  

Glottocode
beng1280  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Bengali and Vietnamese Speaking population

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Bengali and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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