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Filipino vs Bengali


Bengali vs Filipino


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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Salamat  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

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

Good Night
magandang gabi  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Mangyaring  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Paalam  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
filipino  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
bengali  

German Name
Pilipino  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Filipino 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
Filipino  
Bengali  

Language Position
34  
32
4  
4

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
ben  

ISO 639 3
fil  
ben  

ISO 639 6
fil  
ben  

Glottocode
fili1244  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Filipino and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Bengali language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Filipino and Bengali Language History.

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

Filipino vs Bengali Difficulty

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

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