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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

74
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
India

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
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

Council for German Orthography
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2651
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1011
0 32
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How Many Consonants

940
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Danke
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

gute Nacht
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

guten Abend
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

guten Morgen
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

bitte
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

Verzeihung
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

Tschüs
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Chakma

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Hajong

Where They Speak

Germany
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

820,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Texas
India

How Many People Speak

6,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2825
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

allemand
bengali

German Name

Deutsch
Bengali

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Germans
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

6th Century AD
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Western
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Bengali

Language Position

94
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
ben

ISO 639 2/B

ger
ben

ISO 639 3

deu
ben

ISO 639 6

deus
ben

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
beng1280

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Bengali Alphabets

German and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Bengali. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn German and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Bengali languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

All German 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 German and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of German and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Bengali Speaking population

German and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Bengali on German vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Bengali Language Codes

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