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English vs Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
33  
2

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
India  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

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  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Hello  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Good Morning  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Please  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Sorry  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Bye  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
India  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
English  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
English  

French Name
bengali  
anglais  

German Name
Bengali  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
English people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Standard English  

Language Position
4  
4
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
eng  

ISO 639 3
ben  
eng  

ISO 639 6
ben  
engs  

Glottocode
beng1280  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Bengali and English Language History

Comparison of Bengali vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Bengali and English language. History of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bengali and English Language History.

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Bengali and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and English language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bengali vs English Difficulty

The Bengali vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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