Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
谢谢
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
你好吗？
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
晚安
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
下午好
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
早上好
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
请
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
遗憾
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
我爱你
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Chakma
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
India
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
bengali
Not Available
German Name
Bengali
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Not Available
Origin
1000–1200 CE
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ben
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ben
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ben
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
cant1236
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Bengali and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Cantonese language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Bengali vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.