Countries
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
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
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Molo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Unjani
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Molo
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Ndicela
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
Native Name
isiXhosa
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
xhosa
bengali
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
16th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Bengali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
beng1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Bengali language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Bengali Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.