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Malaysian and Bengali


Bengali and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Malaysia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Indonesia  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
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
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
sila  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
maaf  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
malais  
bengali  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Bengali  

Language Position
54  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
ben  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
ben  

ISO 639 6
may  
ben  

Glottocode
stan1306  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Malaysian and Bengali Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Bengali Language Codes

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

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