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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Vietnam  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
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
-  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Cam on  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
vietnamien  
bengali  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Bengali  

Language Position
14  
13
4  
4

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ben  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ben  

ISO 639 6
vie  
ben  

Glottocode
viet1252  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Vietnamese and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Bengali language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Bengali Language History.

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Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Bengali language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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