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Swahili
Swahili

Bengali
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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

44
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
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

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2451
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2140
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Asante
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

tafadhali
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

pole
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

nakupenda
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

Samahani
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Chakma

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Hajong

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Kilwa
India

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

swahili
bengali

German Name

Swahili
Bengali

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

6th century
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Swahili
Bengali

Language Position

214
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
ben

ISO 639 2/B

swa
ben

ISO 639 3

swa
ben

ISO 639 6

swa
ben

Glottocode

swah1254
beng1280

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Bengali Alphabets

Swahili and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Bengali. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Swahili and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Bengali languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Bengali Speaking population

Swahili and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Bengali on Swahili vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Bengali Language Codes

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