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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Nigeria

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Yoruba Academy

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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1112
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4017
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
e dupe

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
e kaasan

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
e kaaro

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Jowo

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
binu

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

330,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Ede

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

71,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

India
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

bengali
yoruba

German Name

Bengali
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Yoruba people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
4 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic

Branch

Indic
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Yorùbá

Language Position

449
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
yor

ISO 639 2/B

ben
yor

ISO 639 3

ben
yor

ISO 639 6

ben
yor

Glottocode

beng1280
yoru1245

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Bengali and Yoruba Alphabets

Bengali and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Yoruba. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Bengali and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Bengali and Yoruba Language Codes

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