Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Nigeria
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
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
kedụ
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dalụ
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Biko
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndo
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Not Available
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ngọpụ
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
igbo
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Ibo
German Name
Bengali
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Igbo people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
beng1280
nucl1417
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Bengali and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Igbo language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Igbo Difficulty
The Bengali vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.