Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
مرحبا
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
شكرا
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
صباح الخير
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
من فضلك
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
آسف
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
وداعا
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
أحبك
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Chakma
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hajong
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Sudan
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Levantine
Where They Speak
India
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
bengali
arabe
German Name
Bengali
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Arabs
Origin
1000–1200 CE
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Arabic
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
arab1395
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bengali and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bengali and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Arabic language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Arabic Difficulty
The Bengali vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bengali and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.