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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  
17
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  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
India  
France  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
96,000,000.00  
5

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  
31
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Svenska  

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

French Name
bengali  
suédois  

German Name
Bengali  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[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
Signed Bengali  
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
ben  
swe  

Glottocode
beng1280  
swed1254  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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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