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Bengali and Indonesian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
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
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
maaf  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
indonésien  
bengali  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Bengali  

Language Position
56  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
ben  

ISO 639 3
ind  
ben  

ISO 639 6
ind  
ben  

Glottocode
indo1316  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Bengali Speaking population

Indonesian and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Bengali on Indonesian vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Bengali Language Codes

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

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