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Bengali vs Turkish


Turkish vs Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
11   
5

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Turkey   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, 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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
günaydın   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
lütfen   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
India   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
bengali   
turc   

German Name
Bengali   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Indic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
4   
4
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
tur   

ISO 639 3
ben   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Bengali and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Bengali vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Bengali and Turkish language. History of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Bengali vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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