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Cebuano and Bengali


Bengali and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Philippines  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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  

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Hiligaynon Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
16  
6
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Salamat  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Palihug  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Babay  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
Visayan  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
cebuano  
bengali  

German Name
Cebuano  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
16th century  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Bengali  

Language Position
62  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
ben  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
ben  

ISO 639 6
ceb  
ben  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Cebuano and Bengali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cebuano and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Bengali Speaking population

Cebuano and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cebuano and Bengali on Cebuano vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Bengali Language Codes

Cebuano and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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