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Bengali vs Swedish


Swedish vs Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Sweden   

Second Language
India   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

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   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
51   
30
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
9   
6

How Many Consonants
40   
29
18   
8

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
hej   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
god morgon   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
vänligen   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
ledsen   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
hej då   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
India   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
bengali   
suédois   

German Name
Bengali   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
4   
4
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
swe   

ISO 639 3
ben   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bengali and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Bengali vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Bengali and Swedish language. History of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Bengali vs Swedish Difficulty

The Bengali vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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