Home
Languagevs


Russian vs Bengali


Bengali vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Russia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
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
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
Русский  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
russe  
bengali  

German Name
Russisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Bengali  

Language Position
7  
7
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
ben  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ben  

ISO 639 6
rus  
ben  

Glottocode
russ1263  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Russian and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Bengali language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Russian and Bengali Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Russian and Bengali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Russian and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Bengali language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Bengali Difficulty

The Russian vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Russian and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages