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Gujarati and Bengali


Bengali and Gujarati


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
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
-  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
goudjrati  
bengali  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
15  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Bengali  

Language Position
23  
21
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
ben  

ISO 639 3
guj  
ben  

ISO 639 6
guj  
ben  

Glottocode
guja1252  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Bengali Speaking population

Gujarati and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Bengali on Gujarati vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Bengali Language Codes

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