Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Not Available
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Not present
Chakma
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hajong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
sanskrit
bengali
German Name
Sanskrit
Bengali
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
2000 B.C.
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Bengali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Bengali language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Bengali Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.