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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
NA   
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
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Hajong   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

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 %   
24
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

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]   
Not available   

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   
19
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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

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

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