Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
bengali
goudjrati
German Name
Bengali
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
guja1252
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Bengali and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Gujarati language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Bengali vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.